This is not the "Things with Stings" I had in mind.

[Lionfish Lair]

So, I'm out refreshing my herbs, when I took down this one fence hanging basket. Nestled behind was a huge black looking spider. I could only see the back, but I could tell it was very gravid. Well, live and let live, I continued gardening around it. Regular hunting spiders are competition for the venomous ones.

Well, after awhile, I noticed the spider had gone to the side and I could see under it a little. CRICKEY!!! It was a bloomin' widow spider. BLAH!!! My yard would have been infested with baby widows. I would have had a heart attack.

 

[ritter6788]

Burn it all!!! Ha!

My wife once sprayed one and hundreds of babies scattered all over!

 

[human]

She already mated and possibly laid eggs, they don't change to the black color until after mating. I personally wouldn't worry about having them around, they don't bite on purpose, and it isn't as bad as they're portrayed to be. It's all personal preference though to keep them around.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

My wife once sprayed one and hundreds of babies scattered all over!

I hate you.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

She already mated and possibly laid eggs, they don't change to the black color until after mating.

I hate you more.

 

[143MPCo]

@Lionfish Lair this might be what you have to look forward to!?!?

 

[human]

I hate you more.

lol, sorry, spiders were my first passion. I've been bit by widows multiple times, never got more than a tender spot and a slight temperature for a few hours.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

The first time we realized we had them, I removed 36 of them in one night. I am not into spiders of any kind, let alone large ones, let alone venomous. They go in the places I have to blindly put my hands. I'm ADHD and am usually dashing around doing things. I don't like to have to think about where I put my hands. Their webs also lasso on your legs and I don't like dragging anything like that around. Other webs you walk through, with these I feel like Frodo.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

tender spot and a slight temperature for a few hours.

Not that bad!!!! That's bad enough! *faints*

I'm petrified of bugs. I've come a long way since I started gardening 3 years ago. I still go snakey. I guess my intervention below isn't going to solve the problem now. I hope that piece of mail wasn't important.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

@Lionfish Lair this might be what you have to look forward to!?!?

And I hate you the mostest.

 

[dbl]

@Lionfish Lair I'm with you on this one. I would get the wife, kids and fish out and set the whole darn place on fire!!!

 

[143MPCo]

umm u forgot the "coral" Mr. D.

 

[dbl]

umm u forgot the "coral" Mr. D.

Implied my friend, implied!

 

[evolved]

fwiw, all spiders are venomous. It's just a matter of how venomous.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

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[evolved]

exactly!

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Why do you all hate me so.......

 

[143MPCo]

Had an army buddy bitten by a brown recluse spider, the area bitten fell off a week later. To this day the scar is still visible, that was back in 1996.

 

[human]

Had an army buddy bitten by a brown recluse spider, the area bitten fell off a week later. To this day the scar is still visible, that was back in 1996.

That's an extremely rare reaction, the venom does cause necrosis, but usually a secondary infection like staph causes more damage to the bitten area than the venom.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I have personal experience with the brown recluse. The area turned black and died. There was no secondary infection, as they were placed on antibiotics upon arrival.