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Black Widow pics! (my new pet spider from 6/3/08)

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Scary. *shudder*

I'd have killed those things so fast. I'm used to them from growing up but I've had enough close calls. Lift a board while working and find one on the back side of your hand. *second shudder*
 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: Praxis1452
hehe. Do you have a container which would not allow the baby spiders to get out?
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Yea', I'm keeping them in a small plastic container with very thin knife slits in the lid. Enough for air, but too narrow for the spiders.
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umm yea, have you seen how small newly hatched spiders are? they are like mice and fit through opening that you say "no fricken way a mouse can fit through that crack". they will get out.
 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Next thread he starts will read "HELP ATOT GOT BIT BY A SPIDER WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!?!"
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Actually, I have been bitten by a spider, just not sure if it was a Widow.
I was feeding diff. types of spiders in my garage about 10 years back including many black widows, and later that evening I was throwing up and had flu like symptoms. It was'nt 'till the next morning I noticed a bite on the side of my right calf while taking a shower. It hurt to the touch and was dark red.

From the bite was a dark red vein that traveled up across the back of my knee and up the inside of my leg. Had to be blood poisoning. I was watching it carefully and if I got any worse, I would've gone to the hospital.

I was fine later that night, and all the symptoms went away by the next day.
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Black Widow Spider bites manifest themselves as extremely severe cramps as it attacks the nervous system -
if it's on the chest near the heart they can be fatal.
Bite Me!

It looks as if they are evolving with their 'Red Display', the ones I remember always had their warning hourglass on their belly,
not on their backs.
I bet that I have killed several hundred of ther damn things, when I was in high school
we lived in El Centro, California (mid '50's through early '60's) and one afternoon alone
I killed over 50 that were in the overhang of the roof around our house.

Hairspray & a lighter are impressive to them, they love it.
 
Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Next thread he starts will read "HELP ATOT GOT BIT BY A SPIDER WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!?!"
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Actually, I have been bitten by a spider, just not sure if it was a Widow.
I was feeding diff. types of spiders in my garage about 10 years back including many black widows, and later that evening I was throwing up and had flu like symptoms. It was'nt 'till the next morning I noticed a bite on the side of my right calf while taking a shower. It hurt to the touch and was dark red.

From the bite was a dark red vein that traveled up across the back of my knee and up the inside of my leg. Had to be blood poisoning. I was watching it carefully and if I got any worse, I would've gone to the hospital.

I was fine later that night, and all the symptoms went away by the next day.
Click to expand...


Black Widow Spider bites manifest themselves as extremely severe cramps as it attacks the nervous system -
if it's on the chest near the heart they can be fatal.
Bite Me!

It looks as if they are evolving with their 'Red Display', the ones I remember always had their warning hourglass on their belly,
not on their backs.
I bet that I have killed several hundred of ther damn things, when I was in high school
we lived in El Centro, California (mid '50's through early '60's) and one afternoon alone
I killed over 50 that were in the overhang of the roof around our house.

Hairspray & a lighter are impressive to them, they love it.
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damn dude, time to call Orkin!!!
 
Let me get this straight...the male escaped...does that mean the thousands of tiny babies are just going to crawl around your house? Or do you plan to fortify their enclosure?

 
I'm in the group that would have nuked the spider way before it got to the point of having egg sacks. While black widows are probably a beneficial insect, I've never met one that I didn't at least attempt to kill. (I've had a couple get away) MOST spiders I overlook or relocate outside, but not the widows. They all die.


OP, the baby black widows are fucking tiny...like the head of a pin tiny, and can get through openings smaller than window screen, so if your openings aren't microscopic pores, they're gonna get out.
 
Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Next thread he starts will read "HELP ATOT GOT BIT BY A SPIDER WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!?!"
Click to expand...

Actually, I have been bitten by a spider, just not sure if it was a Widow.
I was feeding diff. types of spiders in my garage about 10 years back including many black widows, and later that evening I was throwing up and had flu like symptoms. It was'nt 'till the next morning I noticed a bite on the side of my right calf while taking a shower. It hurt to the touch and was dark red.

From the bite was a dark red vein that traveled up across the back of my knee and up the inside of my leg. Had to be blood poisoning. I was watching it carefully and if I got any worse, I would've gone to the hospital.

I was fine later that night, and all the symptoms went away by the next day.
Click to expand...


Black Widow Spider bites manifest themselves as extremely severe cramps as it attacks the nervous system -
if it's on the chest near the heart they can be fatal.
Bite Me!

It looks as if they are evolving with their 'Red Display', the ones I remember always had their warning hourglass on their belly,
not on their backs.
I bet that I have killed several hundred of ther damn things, when I was in high school
we lived in El Centro, California (mid '50's through early '60's) and one afternoon alone
I killed over 50 that were in the overhang of the roof around our house.

Hairspray & a lighter are impressive to them, they love it.
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Impressive to me too.
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Let me get this straight...the male escaped...does that mean the thousands of tiny babies are just going to crawl around your house? Or do you plan to fortify their enclosure?
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I'm keeping the small container with the eggs in the garage. I'm not even sure they'll hatch. If the male escaped too soon, all the eggs may be infertile.

I'll keep this thread updated with pics if the egg sacks hatch or not.
If they do hatch, I'm letting the ones that survive cannibalism, loose in the garage after they get so big eating other baby spiders I feed them.



 
Stupid question, but aren't the babies going to be able to get through the holes of that cage? Hundreds of baby black widows seems.... creepy...
 
I hate spiders. The one good thing I love about a New England winter, is that it kills all the little fuckers.

Still, cool pics anyways. GL with impending spider apocalypse which will soon take over your house.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Stupid question, but aren't the babies going to be able to get through the holes of that cage? Hundreds of baby black widows seems.... creepy...
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Answered your question with a description and pics above 😉

 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Stupid question, but aren't the babies going to be able to get through the holes of that cage? Hundreds of baby black widows seems.... creepy...
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Answered your question with a description and pics above 😉
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I'll be the one winking when they find your partially eaten corpse because you assumed that slits would keep baby spiders in. 😀
 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Let me get this straight...the male escaped...does that mean the thousands of tiny babies are just going to crawl around your house? Or do you plan to fortify their enclosure?
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I'm keeping the small container with the eggs in the garage. I'm not even sure they'll hatch. If the male escaped too soon, all the eggs may be infertile.

I'll keep this thread updated with pics if the egg sacks hatch or not.
If they do hatch, I'm letting the ones that survive cannibalism, loose in the garage after they get so big eating other baby spiders I feed them.
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OP - you are nucking futs. That is all.
 
heres a question, how are you going to know if the eggs have hatched yet when you put them into a container that you can not see through the side walls?

I'm just imaging you frolicking along and opening the cottage cheese container expecting to see 2 eggs, only to be attacked by hundreds of baby black widows
 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: onlyCOpunk
Good luck getting a girl to spend any time in your home with those!
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My wife does'nt like the idea, but I assured her that they would'nt get out 😉
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umm you was wrong lol . You said later on that the male got out and was dead on the kitchen floor. I hope your wife doesnt find out about this lol.

and you plan on letting the babies loose in your garage? OMG YOUR C RAZY!
 
Originally posted by: CptCrunch
heres a question, how are you going to know if the eggs have hatched yet when you put them into a container that you can not see through the side walls?

I'm just imaging you frolicking along and opening the cottage cheese container expecting to see 2 eggs, only to be attacked by hundreds of baby black widows
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Attacked? :laugh:

I just think most of you have a phobia of spiders. Do you really think I want to get bitten? I'm careful, no worries mate!

If I were you, I'd be more worried about a Brown Recluse than a Black Widow! Those actually roam around looking for food, where Black Widows stake out a place and stay there. Usually high in a corner somewhere.

 
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