Black widow

[Shadow_TA]

I was just wondering if the baby black widows are as posionus as the adults or not. I found an egg sac in the garage and now there are millions of babies everywhere.

[gen]

I don't know, but I'd go for the can of raid if I were you.

[kavmon]

i'd be a little cautious, but in reality there are alot of spiders and insects all around our homes.

thanks
vaughn

[Shadow_TA]

One batch of babies and momma got a dose of spider killer. I have one batch of babies in a container, awaiting their fate...

[kavmon]

don't take this the wrong way but posting on the invert forum and saying you are killings spiders is in bad taste, don't you think?
they are not going to chase you down and fang you. you could of just move the whole lot of them somewhere else. some of us keep inverts and they get the same care are furry friends and cold blooded pets get.

thanks

vaughn

[Shadow_TA]

I have nothing against non posionus spiders.. They don't bother me at all. I get a ton of spiders that come through the house and they all get put back outside. But when I have small kids and animals and there is something in the area that could kill them, then its days are limited.

[wendy]

YOU EVEN KILLED MAMA......oh well. you should have sent her to me.lol.

thats a tough call.. i wouldn't want my kid getting bit either. guess its different when you live in thier territory.

not real sure on this but, after a widow lays a sac, doesn't she die soon after?

The widow i had died right before her sac hatched. but she could have been old...i got rid of all the babies cuz they were teeny tiny and could escape the smallest airhole...even gave ME the heeby jeebies....

[gen]

I don't have a problem with spiders. If I see them in my house I let them alone. They take care of the insects for me. I think tarantulas are cute.

But if I see a widow, I kill it. Sorry, just not going to risk getting bit. I'd do the same if it was a brown recluse, a couple of my colleages got bit by those over the summer, not fun. I don't have a problem with spiders, but poisonous ones scare me.

Although if I saw a poisonous snake, I wouldn't kill it, so I don't know if that makes me a hypocrite or a mean person, or what. But Shadow, I would have done the same thing.

[Smulkin]

Most spiders are "posionous" at least to the extent that they produce venom (even daddy long legs') - however very few have significant toxicity to threaten humans.

And you DO know it's just bad luck to kill spiders (in your house) right? hehehehe.

[gen]

Sorry, I meant venomous, not poisonous. And I didn't know that about spiders. Interesting!