attention BLACK WIDOW owners and lovers.

I did not know that Black Widow spiders were in Colorado.
I knew they were in the southern states, but that is a bit north for them isn't it?? Hope they are not in Minnesota!!
 
i didn't realize those were in colorado. we have wolf spiders, which are these -

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from what i know their bites are somewhat harmless but can cause pain. we had one near my front door a couple years ago which scared the shit out of me. i poured lighter fluid on it and set it on fire. i am very afraid of spiders.
 
Yes. They are in Colorado. The bite is anything but harmless. When we lived in Parker I used to have to spray for them at least once a year. We had a dairy that still did deliveries to the cooler on your front porch and black widows loved that thing. I was bitten 3 or 4 different times. The bites hurt like hell. You get sick to your stomach and feel like you are running a fever. I found that putting ice on it as fast as possible slows the venom down so your body can deal with it better, but it still hurts like a bitch and you will get a huge swelling where you were bitten.

Spectracide (sp?) make a general bug killer that come is a clear squirt bottle that seems to work the best on them.

Wolf spiders are cool. We had one by our back door for two years. We called it Fred. It was fun sitting in the hot tub watching Fred pick off crickets in the summer. He was probably 4 or 5 inches if he was walking on a ruler like the one in the picture above. Wolf spider were about the only spiders I would trap and release if they got in the house. Anything else was fair game for the bottom of my shoe.

ken
 
They hang out in outhouses too, got to look before you leap so to speak. They hang out under the rim and when startled by...you know... They bite. Ouch.
 
Wolf spiders

Yes. They are in Colorado. The bite is anything but harmless. When we lived in Parker I used to have to spray for them at least once a year. We had a dairy that still did deliveries to the cooler on your front porch and black widows loved that thing. I was bitten 3 or 4 different times. The bites hurt like hell. You get sick to your stomach and feel like you are running a fever. I found that putting ice on it as fast as possible slows the venom down so your body can deal with it better, but it still hurts like a bitch and you will get a huge swelling where you were bitten.

Spectracide (sp?) make a general bug killer that come is a clear squirt bottle that seems to work the best on them.

Wolf spiders are cool. We had one by our back door for two years. We called it Fred. It was fun sitting in the hot tub watching Fred pick off crickets in the summer. He was probably 4 or 5 inches if he was walking on a ruler like the one in the picture above. Wolf spider were about the only spiders I would trap and release if they got in the house. Anything else was fair game for the bottom of my shoe.

ken

We get them here as well [ Aust ] , the real big ones love coming out on a hot humid night , and they are real fast , you also get small wolf spiders in the garden alot , the bites can cause gang green , and serious pain , like our white tail [ google white tail spider ]

these are ultra dangerous , bites cause skin to rot , and keep spreading , bites dont heal for some years , the pain is enormous , they love damp conditions , and are very hard , when you step on them , they crunch & squish .
 
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