black widow spiders

[Tostig]

We have them here till Christmas , seriously cant' swing a dead cat without hitting a Widow web in the Valley.

 

[lambertiana]

We have plenty of them around here. The other day my wife asked me what happens if a black widow bites you. I told her that it is rarely fatal, but leads to a lot of very painful symptoms. Then I asked her why, to which she replied that one had just bitten her. She had been moving some potted plants in the back yard and picked up a hitchhiker on her arm. She then smashed it on her arm. It turns out that she wasn't actually bitten, but was a little freaked out because she had to smash one on her arm.

I get them in my garage all the time, and when I walk through their webs that they will spin overnight by my car, I have to do a quick check to make sure I don't have one hanging on me. If I do, I quickly remove it.

 

[Joezilla]

These guys are pretty well distributed everywhere on the east coast and most of the west coast. Most of it may be due to humans moving egg sacs on furniture.

 

[udtjim]

Never seen one in North Dakota, guess it is hard for them to build a web with insulated coverall on.

 

[Joezilla]

http://www.orkin.com/other/spiders/black-widow-spider-map

 

[TXBulldawg]

I would've left her alone if she wasn't hanging on my grill.

 

[Lycosa]

She eats insects, not Bar B Q!!