IDBillzFan Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 One more reason I love living in Buffalo!!! I dont have to deal with critters like that! Nothing around here that will kill you. Ill take the snow thank you very much! 19051[/snapback] On the other hand, you can have humidity and mosquitoes galore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lamb Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Wife called me over, freaked out by a large black spider she almost touched...looked suspicious, so I prodded it a bit with a stick and got it to flip over... Here's what I saw Damn, that'll make me think twice next time I do yardwork... 18997[/snapback] The widows are pretty common out here like Sanners said It's the brown recluse that you have to watch out for ! http://home.texoma.net/~linesden/spider.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted September 6, 2004 Author Share Posted September 6, 2004 On the other hand, you can have humidity and mosquitoes galore. 19139[/snapback] Amen to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Eat it. 19025[/snapback] Eat what? Oh, the SPIDER. I thought you meant something else..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Eat what? Oh, the SPIDER. I thought you meant something else..... 19391[/snapback] You're silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Yeah, we've got those bastards down here in GA too... my mother actually was looking at a "pretty snake" (she lives in SC) a while back... Coral Snake. Had a widow on my deck few months back. Big bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpperDeck Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 just found a black widow in my yard Was it OJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 I've also heard the black widow's bite is overrated. Very painful, but it's rarely fatal. Even the brown recluse bite is rarely fatal. Its bite is worse though. I think its venom contains a compound that digests flesh, so it can make for a very nasty sore, and does normally require hospitalization. The coral snake, like a black widow, is pretty docile. Bites are rare. They have short fangs set toward the back of their mouths, so it's much harder for them to bite through fabric than for a rattler (longer fangs set in the front of the mouth). Its venom, however, is a faster acting nerve venom, like that of a cobra though. There is a lookalike snake, that people can mistake for a coral snake. I've forgotten the name of it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2004 Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 There was one spotted in a grocery store in Lemont Illinois not to long ago. Fascinating, and a bit spooky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 All spiders must die...regardless of your greener's life to all stand. Evil creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLS4LIFE Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 I cant stand spiders! They give me the creeps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 They're common in the SF bay area also. Can usually find one if you lift up one of those plastc irrigation control valve covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in Pasadena Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 When I was in college I almost stepped (barefoot) on a good-sized Widow. I ran and got a jar and captured her easily enough. I named her "George Carcass" after a friend of mine who hates all creepy-crawlies, and over the next few weeks I fed her a steady diet of bugs, mostly moths since they were always fluttering around my dorm room and annoying me. Watching her stalk and kill the moths was really cool. A true assassin. The moths never knew what hit them. One day I noticed a huge egg sac had appeared overnight. Apparently female Widows, like many spiders, can store previously obtained sperm for months at a time, and they fertilize their eggs when they get a good food supply. Eventually hundred of cute littly baby Widows emerged and ate everything they could find including each other. I gave the survivors to a researcher on campus who works with a company that milks the venom to make antivenin. Pretty cool. Sadly George passed away one day after eating what I suspect was a tainted bug. But I'll always have the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatonka12 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 All spiders must die...regardless of your greener's life to all stand. Evil creatures. 19484[/snapback] [/ KILL ! KILL ! KILL ! KILL ! KILL ! KILL ! IT ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Brown recluse spiders are more dangerous, and common in the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 When I was in college I almost stepped (barefoot) on a good-sized Widow. I ran and got a jar and captured her easily enough. I named her "George Carcass" after a friend of mine who hates all creepy-crawlies, and over the next few weeks I fed her a steady diet of bugs, mostly moths since they were always fluttering around my dorm room and annoying me. Watching her stalk and kill the moths was really cool. A true assassin. The moths never knew what hit them. One day I noticed a huge egg sac had appeared overnight. Apparently female Widows, like many spiders, can store previously obtained sperm for months at a time, and they fertilize their eggs when they get a good food supply. Eventually hundred of cute littly baby Widows emerged and ate everything they could find including each other. I gave the survivors to a researcher on campus who works with a company that milks the venom to make antivenin. Pretty cool. Sadly George passed away one day after eating what I suspect was a tainted bug. But I'll always have the memories. 20149[/snapback] That's a very nice story - in a pretty twisted kind of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in Pasadena Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [ quote=Alaska Darin,Sep 6 2004, 07:31 PM] That's a very nice story - in a pretty twisted kind of way. 20281[/snapback] Yeah, strangely enough that seems to be an accurate description of most of my stories.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 I've also heard the black widow's bite is overrated. Very painful, but it's rarely fatal. Even the brown recluse bite is rarely fatal. Its bite is worse though. I think its venom contains a compound that digests flesh, so it can make for a very nasty sore, and does normally require hospitalization. The coral snake, like a black widow, is pretty docile. Bites are rare. They have short fangs set toward the back of their mouths, so it's much harder for them to bite through fabric than for a rattler (longer fangs set in the front of the mouth). Its venom, however, is a faster acting nerve venom, like that of a cobra though. There is a lookalike snake, that people can mistake for a coral snake. I've forgotten the name of it though. 19440[/snapback] King snakes mimic the coral's coloring. Corals are Red->Yellow->Black, whereas King snakes are a bit different. Ever year the "red then yellow, kill a fellow" rhyme? She's sure it was a Coral. I'd a shot the @%er. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Nothing around here that will kill you. 19051[/snapback] Property Taxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 King snakes mimic the coral's coloring. Corals are Red->Yellow->Black, whereas King snakes are a bit different. Ever year the "red then yellow, kill a fellow" rhyme? She's sure it was a Coral. I'd a shot the @%er. 21133[/snapback] Hence the reason I own a .410. Too bad I don't need it - Alaska doesn't have snakes (or income/sales taxes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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