billeisele 130 #1 July 11, 2008 don't know about you but having a black widow crawling up my leg was a bad experience - would this freak you out or what? putting siding on a shed at 10:30 at night using a head lamp, kneeling on the ground under a 4 foot high stairway, brushed a web out of the way that had gotten in my hair, the spider falls on my leg(had shorts on) and is crawling up, saw it was "attached" to a web thread, grabbed the thread to ease the spider off my leg, she began climbing the strand to my hand, lowered it to the ground and fortunately she grabbed some weeds, then smashed Ms. Widow had to go sit down for a few minutes, never practiced EPs for that one Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 July 11, 2008 Don't come jump in this part of TX then, they (black widows and scorpions) are all over. They crawl in gear bags, in the hangers, and cover the beer fridge of some DZs (ppl need to pay up on their beer dues).--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #3 July 11, 2008 they're all over socal too. but even though i HATE spiders and turn into a sniveling mess when i see one, black widows are actually the one kind that i honestly don't mind. why? well, because they are big enough to see, but not too big, and because they tend to set up shop and stay in one web/place. I don't see em moving around a lot. So i leave them be, they eat the bugs, and i know where they are at all times. what i hate are the little spiders that crawl all over the place... *shudder*.Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #4 July 11, 2008 My wife caught onew in a jar Monday. The thing was freaking huge - abdomen about thr size of a lemon drop. This was within hours of the exterminator so she put it in a jar to show me (probably to tease me as I am EXTREMELY phobic of bugs). Yesterday I saw it for the first time - fucker was still alive. So my mother in law suggested I dump it out and step on it. I thought "NO WAY! Thatll just piss it off. A shotgun. Yeah," So I added an alcohol pad to the jar to kill it. 3 hours later - it's still alive. So I dump nail polish remover in it. Within 5 minutes it is finallu room temperature (which it always was but you catch my drift. Fuckin bugs. Mother in law disposed of it. She saw mr reeling My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #5 July 11, 2008 They're all over here. Generally where people dont frequent too much. We have a tool shed that has them show up once in a while. Regular cleanings have kept them from coming back. I have a small tool box that I keep random bolts/fittings in. I was digging through there one day and was puzzled by the web. Luckily I found the cause before i "sorted" her out of the way. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RALFFERS 0 #6 July 11, 2008 Quote Don't come jump in this part of TX then, they (black widows and scorpions) are all over. They crawl in gear bags, in the hangers, and cover the beer fridge of some DZs (ppl need to pay up on their beer dues). Alright Dave - that's just FREAKY!... Makes all my hair stand, and brings back the tension of having to sit and watch Arachnophobia as a kid. Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #7 July 11, 2008 Quote My wife caught onew in a jar Monday. Should have left it in the jar with a pinhole for air. I found a huge one & did the same, hell I even feed her bugs. A couple weeks later she made the sack overnight. When the sack got dark, I knew it was time, tons of little ones the next day! Awww!Sealed it shut & let em die. Cool to watch if you have the time. I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RALFFERS 0 #8 July 11, 2008 Quote Quote My wife caught onew in a jar Monday. Should have left it in the jar with a pinhole for air. I found a huge one & did the same, hell I even feed her bugs. A couple weeks later she made the sack overnight. When the sack got dark, I knew it was time, tons of little ones the next day! Awww!Sealed it shut & let em die. Cool to watch if you have the time. You enjoy watching things die?... Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #9 July 11, 2008 Think you missed the jist. I fed her, gave her air & watched her make her egg sack. Once the little ones came out, I sealed it up. It became alot of little dry spiders. I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RALFFERS 0 #10 July 11, 2008 Fair enough.Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #11 July 11, 2008 Are good with hollandaise sauce! Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #12 July 11, 2008 Cool. It was just watching nature. It was fun to watch her feed & protect the sack tho.I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #13 July 11, 2008 Quote don't know about you but having a black widow crawling up my leg was a bad experience - would this freak you out or what? putting siding on a shed at 10:30 at night using a head lamp, kneeling on the ground under a 4 foot high stairway, brushed a web out of the way that had gotten in my hair, the spider falls on my leg(had shorts on) and is crawling up, saw it was "attached" to a web thread, grabbed the thread to ease the spider off my leg, she began climbing the strand to my hand, lowered it to the ground and fortunately she grabbed some weeds, then smashed Ms. Widow had to go sit down for a few minutes, never practiced EPs for that one All my other posts where a one time chance to observe nature. After all.... Read your sig line... I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billeisele 130 #14 July 11, 2008 All my other posts where a one time chance to observe nature. After all.... Read your sig line... I utilized my Right to Keep and Bear Arms or in this case a hammer - One Wham One KillGive one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #15 July 11, 2008 I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cashmanimal 0 #16 July 11, 2008 Quote Think you missed the jist. I fed her, gave her air & watched her make her egg sack. Once the little ones came out, I sealed it up. It became alot of little dry spiders. Even worse (because I am an idiot): I was working a summer job at a construction site, where our favorite entertainment was catching grasshoppers (by throwing our gloves at them-- stunned 'em so they still would move, but not get away) and then feeding them to the abundance of black widows we had around the site. Then we got in to catching the spiders themselves, and throwing them in each other's webs (rarely as exciting as we hoped). But one day we caught a couple and kept them in gatorade bottles, which accidentally got brought home by me, the retard. Left 'em on the back porch, they laid a couple eggs, those hatched.... infestation. Holy crap, I had the heebie-jeebies for about a month after the last extermination.It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #17 July 11, 2008 My big brother works in the forest industry in Colorado. He stuck his hand in his work glove a few weeks ago and there was a black widow spider in there. He got bit! He didn't think much of it. A couple days later he started getting really sick. Went to the hospital and they put in in ICU. They couldn't figure out what was wrong with him for a while. Finally figured out that he'd gotten sepsis from the spider bite. He's still recovering from it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #18 July 11, 2008 QuoteMy big brother works in the forest industry in Colorado. He stuck his hand in his work glove a few weeks ago and there was a black widow spider in there. He got bit! That totally sucks!! They're definitely around CO, even in my basement in Denver, and in my lawn-sprinkler box outside. As a rule, when I'm about to put on work gloves, I pinch the fingers and beat the gloves against the sidewalk a few times, because they sometimes hide in there. Also, if you leave shoes outside, be sure to tap them upside down on the sidewalk to get out any spiders (or scorpions if you live in the south). Little things I learned from listening to stories, but once or twice, I have found poisonous nasties in there.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #19 July 11, 2008 Yeah, he's only been living in Colorado for about 6 months or so now. I'm pretty sure he's learned his lesson though! They thought he wasn't going to make it for a bit there while they were trying to figure out what was wrong with him. They needed a diagnostician like Dr. House! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #20 July 11, 2008 We've got them in AL too. I haven't seen any around my house but I'm sure they're there somewhere. Friend of mine sees them all the time behind his house. Any spider in the house gets the one wham, one kill treatment, poisonous or not. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #21 July 11, 2008 I wonder who would win if you put togeather a black widow, a scorpion, and an africanized honey bee in a container and let them fight it out....Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #22 July 11, 2008 The bee is haploid and will never get laid. So the bee would fight as if it had nothing worh living for. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #23 July 11, 2008 Quote Any spider in the house gets the one wham, one kill treatment, poisonous or not. That's my preference. If I see 'em, they're done for. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #24 July 11, 2008 Quote I wonder who would win if you put togeather a black widow, a scorpion, and an africanized honey bee in a container and let them fight it out.... Have you seen this thread? I won't tell you how it ends... Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyrodude 0 #25 July 11, 2008 Black widows like to live in dark, undisturbed sites. One place they can be found is in the dark region under the boards in pit latrines commonly found in state campgrounds. If a man decides to take a sit on one of the empty holes his parts may well dangle down a bit. To a hungry black widow they might look like truffles from heaven. Hence, a not uncommon site for black widow spider bites seen in the ER is on the male genitalia! That could give you nightmares for a year! So shine your flashlight down into the empty three-holer before having a sit, or crap standing over the hole eastern european style! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
