Nature A dangerous lady

A dangerous lady · 05:52 PM

On my back porch and I was closer than I wanted to be. The stringy stuff around her is the web and the gray background in the cement slab. Yes, she is still alive, I might want her to pose again. Yea sure! Thanks for looking......Cliff

deaning · 09-03-2012, 05:59 PM

This looks very similar to a Redback spider, is it? There is even a song about Redback spiders..."There was a Redback on the toilet seat when I was there last night..."

D4rknezz · 09-03-2012, 06:04 PM

Ya but since he is in US i'd guess its our black widow variant.

I love spiders but even then I'd run away from this one.

**Bob Harris** · 09-03-2012, 06:07 PM

Shoot it with a camera and Kill it with a swatter or spray Cliff.

slowpez · 09-04-2012, 07:27 AM

Better the Black Widow than the Brown Recluse. Black Widows won't kill you but those Brown Recluse can really ruin your day and make you wish you were dead.

charliezap · 09-04-2012, 07:31 AM

Never seen one of these Cliff and hopefully none are to be found around the homestead.--charliezap

**usn ret** · 09-04-2012, 08:55 AM

Thanks for looking guys. Her leg span is about 1 3/4 in, therefore a mature Black Widow spider. If I had my druthers, I would druther not bitten by either......Cliff

magkelly · 09-04-2012, 12:15 PM - **1 Like**

My roommate found one of these in the veggie bin in the fridge once. She must have come in the lettuce. We were not thrilled with finding her there but we didn't kill her. We just put an empty jar in the bin and sure enough she set up housekeeping in there. Once she was in there in her web my roommate just grabbed the jar while wearing kitchen gloves and put a lid with a few holes on it. She then took her jar and all outside and to the nature trail where she couldn't do any harm. On my own, toxic spider, I'd have likely just grabbed a can of RAID, lol, but my roommate was a gardener and she just hated to see them killed....

D4rknezz · 09-04-2012, 04:54 PM

the one spider i am not worried about

Mated, with 1000 hatchlings around my garden...thats what would scare me

**dcmsox2004** · 09-05-2012, 11:08 AM

perfectly named !!! fine capture of a true femme fatale ........ dave m

tessfully · 09-09-2012, 06:22 AM

Very cool... glad to see what one looks like... now I need to google to find out if they live around me. Thanks for sharing

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09-03-2012, 05:59 PM	#2
deaning Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 737	This looks very similar to a Redback spider, is it? There is even a song about Redback spiders..."There was a Redback on the toilet seat when I was there last night..."

09-03-2012, 06:04 PM	#3
D4rknezz Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,196	Ya but since he is in US i'd guess its our black widow variant. I love spiders but even then I'd run away from this one.

09-03-2012, 06:07 PM	#4
Bob Harris Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canon City, Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,477	Shoot it with a camera and Kill it with a swatter or spray Cliff.

09-04-2012, 07:27 AM	#5
slowpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 18,462	Better the Black Widow than the Brown Recluse. Black Widows won't kill you but those Brown Recluse can really ruin your day and make you wish you were dead.

09-04-2012, 07:31 AM	#6
charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686	Never seen one of these Cliff and hopefully none are to be found around the homestead.--charliezap

09-04-2012, 08:55 AM	#7
usn ret Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ridgecrest, Calif Posts: 1,274 Original Poster	Thanks for looking guys. Her leg span is about 1 3/4 in, therefore a mature Black Widow spider. If I had my druthers, I would druther not bitten by either......Cliff

09-04-2012, 12:15 PM - 1 Like	#8
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	My roommate found one of these in the veggie bin in the fridge once. She must have come in the lettuce. We were not thrilled with finding her there but we didn't kill her. We just put an empty jar in the bin and sure enough she set up housekeeping in there. Once she was in there in her web my roommate just grabbed the jar while wearing kitchen gloves and put a lid with a few holes on it. She then took her jar and all outside and to the nature trail where she couldn't do any harm. On my own, toxic spider, I'd have likely just grabbed a can of RAID, lol, but my roommate was a gardener and she just hated to see them killed....

09-04-2012, 04:54 PM	#9
D4rknezz Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,196	the one spider i am not worried about Mated, with 1000 hatchlings around my garden...thats what would scare me

09-05-2012, 11:08 AM	#10
dcmsox2004 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: rhode island Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,522	perfectly named !!! fine capture of a true femme fatale ........ dave m

09-09-2012, 06:22 AM	#11
tessfully Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: S. Algonquin, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,860	Very cool... glad to see what one looks like... now I need to google to find out if they live around me. Thanks for sharing