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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 16, 2011 14:00:52 GMT -5
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Post by whiteoak on Jun 17, 2011 0:18:15 GMT -5
I do believe I would have had to step on her and her egg sack with my very thick work boots on of course
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Post by dbd870 on Jun 17, 2011 4:24:17 GMT -5
That is a big one.
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Post by Sasquatch on Jun 17, 2011 6:08:15 GMT -5
You are nicer than me.
I noted when down south in Carolina the Widow usually had no red markings on the top of the abdomen but of course had the red hourglass on the underside. The top was usually a solid shiny black.
The one I found in my boot ( ! ) here in Indiana, however, was similar to your specimen, featuring a red squiggle on top and the hourglass underneath. The shape of that spider is unmistakeable.
Mine was not immediately executed, but captured and sent via my wife to the entymologist (sp?) at Hanover college for his students to have their way with.
In my $#&*!?! boot! Yick!
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Post by turkeyscout on Jun 17, 2011 7:12:23 GMT -5
...................... all spiders i see are dead in a few minites.................
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Post by deerdude on Jun 17, 2011 7:33:14 GMT -5
a dead spider is a good spider i always say.yuk
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Post by raporter on Jun 17, 2011 7:49:02 GMT -5
...................... all spiders i see are dead in a few minites................. Minutes Jim? You must be getting old.  |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Jun 17, 2011 8:43:55 GMT -5
I let wolf spiders go bun now that I have little ones the few black widows I find are killed asap
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 17, 2011 8:44:45 GMT -5
I couldn't kill it. She didn't do anything to me and they aren't aggressive like a wasp or bee. It is in an old barn that is falling down. If I find them close to the house, I will relocate them to the back part of our place. Maybe if I ever get one in my clothes or boots, karma will help me out a little, who knows. Now, if I ever get bit by one, it's game on!
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Post by drs on Jun 17, 2011 9:51:14 GMT -5
We have both the Brown Recluse Spider & Black Widows down here.  |
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Post by turkeyscout on Jun 17, 2011 12:56:53 GMT -5
...................... all spiders i see are dead in a few minites................. Minutes Jim? You must be getting old. Bob, your right buts its computer lingo ;D |
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Post by kevin1 on Jun 18, 2011 10:53:51 GMT -5
Nearly anywhere in the US there are about 13,000 spiders per square acre, most are completely harmless. Their niche in the environment is so important that if all spiders disappeared tomorrow the entire food chain would collapse. If spiders ever reach the size of a basketball humans would go extinct within a year, be glad they aren't. |
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Post by lymanl3 on Jun 19, 2011 12:43:36 GMT -5
cool picture...
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