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I believe this is a southern black widow, but we also have redback spiders also here in the south.
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- Submitted: Dec 25, 2021
- Photographed: Dec 24, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Texarkana, Arkansas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I concur!! I live in NM and I see a lot of these often in my yard. They like warm and dry places – cracks in cinder block wall, under yard decorations, in the garage ANYWHERE and woodpiles. They get very large here. Even had one take up residency in an empty sugar bowl next to the coffee pot. Knew instantly my the feel of the web when I stuck my hand in there. Another time I had turned on the bathroom heater/fan (that vents into the attic) – when it started to heat up I guess the BW couldn’t… Read more »
There are anti-venom treatments available at medical offices, btw. I was thinking I would get a bit paranoid with so many Black Widows around…but then..there are deadly and disabling mosquito and tick-bourne diseases where I live and I can cope. 🙂 At least people don’t die from BWs in USA anymore.
I spray ALOT during the spring/summer/fall!! We use evaporative coolers so open windows are a must. I am not sure how it got in the sugar bowl – but we leave the back door open plenty during the summer with the dogs. I was mostly tired and out of it for a couple of days. The first was only ankle. The second time I was helping someone move and I felt a stinging on waistband of jeans. Didn’t think anything of it then 10-15 later I almost passed out. Pulled out my shirt tails and you could see the two… Read more »
Yikes! Yes, the reaction strength seems related to how much you react to insect stings. Watch out for Velvet Ant Wasps.
My husband’s grandfather was not into household cleaning. When Hubby was a kid and stayed at his house he told Grampa that the sugar bowl was full of ants. Grampa’s reaction was, “They’ve gotta a right to be there!” He would’ve probably said that about Black Widows too if it got him out of cleaning the sugar bowl.
Check out the monster I just posted!!