Black Widows

Anyone here live where they have the BIG black widows with the red hourglass on them?

Yep!! See them all the time!

Momof4 said:

Yep!! See them all the time!

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How big do they get?

Yep. I smoosh 10 or 15 every night around my ranch.

BrianWI said:

How big do they get?

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Well, I guess just the average size.
Why, are yours super sized?

Isn't a huge one still no more than 3/8 of an inch across?

They look bigger because of their long legs. The older ones get a fat body. I usually wear flip flops at night when I go around closing up sheds and I'll take them off and clap them together on the spider. There's usually one or two in each shed.

I see them on my property in South Carolina.
But I've never seen any in Florida.

They are in ga. Around water meter boxes and stone walls. Some a pretty good size black widows

BrianWI said:

How big do they get?

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Like a small dog.....pretty normal around here....

I'd love to have one, never see them here.

BrianWI said:

I'd love to have one, never see them here.

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You live in a world without Black Widows....wow....where do you live, must be wonderful....

Have them everywhere around my backyard. They stay to themself tho.

I found this one this a.m. while I was watering. She's under the eves of my house, and I'm surprised to see her out in daylight, since they prefer dark. Maybe she's dead. Looks like I need to get out my Webster and use it. So many cobwebs!!! I live in daddy longlegs central! But in the evening there are about 10 tree frogs on the side of my house, 'shopping.'



She must've been there a very long time. I see at least 3 dessicated spider bodies around the area.

Aren't there also brown widow spiders?

ZEROPILOT said:

Aren't there also brown widow spiders?

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Haven't heard of "brown widows" only "brown recluse" and we do have those here

ascott said:

You live in a world without Black Widows....wow....where do you live, must be wonderful....

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Are you nuts??!!! They freak me out!!!!

Oh yeah.
Brown Recluse are here too.
Faster. Bigger. Painful bite.

Yvonne G said:

She must've been there a very long time. I see at least 3 dessicated spider bodies around the area.

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And had good eaten' too!

Up here in dem snowbird terratory, dem dadgum widowers don't like us folk too much! Ain't seen one of dem boogers ever in gimme an O-H......I-O country!