April 1, 20223 yr That's one of them "King of Animalia" spiders. Quote Taxonomic Hierarchy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Family: Scytodidae Genus: Scytodes Species: Scytodes thoracica
April 1, 20223 yr 14 hours ago, Wiler77 said: Not an expert, but I think that's part of the widow family (i.e. extremely dangerous). They can have all sorts of different markings other than the classic hourglass. P.s. are you still alive? You are on the right track. Its a male black widow. The females are the classic solid black, chunky body (no Vic), shorter legs. Plus the hourglass shape is on the underside of the abdomen for females. Those markings are on the top. Males are less venomous, and less likely to bite, and don't make webs. You rarely see them, compared to the females.
April 1, 20223 yr Not an expert, but I think that's part of the widow family (i.e. extremely dangerous). They can have all sorts of different markings other than the classic hourglass. P.s. are you still alive?He is…can’t speak for his son
April 1, 20223 yr 53 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said: You are on the right track. Its a male black widow. The females are the classic solid black, chunky body (no Vic), shorter legs. Plus the hourglass shape is on the underside of the abdomen for females. Those markings are on the top. Males are less venomous, and less likely to bite, and don't make webs. You rarely see them, compared to the females. Good info. It's a pretty damn cool looking spider.
April 1, 20223 yr I did not know that. Guess that means there’s no worrisome ladies around, so that’s good
April 1, 20223 yr And I guess I could just google, but that’s no fun. If they don’t make webs, how do they feed?
April 2, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, SquishMitten said: And I guess I could just google, but that’s no fun. If they don’t make webs, how do they feed? Educating yourself is fun. You should try it. I googled it. I have your answer. I’m not going to share it with you. Edited April 2, 20223 yr by WhatTheBuck
January 15Jan 15 I killed 2 female black widows at our neighborhood pool this summer. They were living in the large aluminum troughs we use for beer at our parties. RIP killer spiders. I think I have pictures, let me look.
January 15Jan 15 1 hour ago, freyguy said: Looks like she already shed all of her babies. Good luck sleeping tonight. Spiders don't scare me at all. They kill the bad stuff. 3 minutes ago, huge said: Bad ass.
January 15Jan 15 I generally dont bother spiders but having that bitch living where people will be putting their hands, cannot abide
January 16Jan 16 My brother was stung once, my dad twice, by black widows. Only one required hospitalization, when my dad got stung right on the neck over his jugular. Even then he was only sick for a couple of days, not life threatening. He did die about 40 years later from Alzheimer’s related complications, so who knows. FAFO. Edited January 16Jan 16 by nnm
February 28Feb 28 spiders don't sting, they bite. The more you know. Once I stopped at a picnic area along a highway. Sat on the bench to a picnic table, and laid flat to stretch out. I could see the underside of the picnic table. Saw probably 10 or 15 black widows in nests on the underside of the picnic table.
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