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Found In Garden - EEEEK!

foxywoods — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:44 GMT

In my veggie garden. Was picking the last of my green beans. Disturbed a planting box on the edge of the raised bed and this "gal" appeared:

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KingstonMom — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:18:31 GMT

@foxywoods

EEEK! is right!

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foxywoods — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:22:57 GMT

First pic is on the green bean leaf. 2nd pic on egg carton. Freaked me out.

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Jk9 — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:56:58 GMT

I understand the feeling! I see them frequently in the pasture area. Fortunately, I just know what they are and be sure to stay safe and out of range. While a black widow is dangerous, they are quite beautiful with their glossy black bodies and highly visisble red abdomen. Always be cautious putting your hands in a dark area!

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SilleeMee — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:05:09 GMT

Black widow spiders have been known to make homes inside bundles of grapes. People have found them after buying grapes from the grocery store.

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Icegoddess — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:13:40 GMT

Only the females are venomous. They're the larger ones. The red spot on the abdomen is difficult to see since it's underneath, but they also have small red dots in a straight line down the middle of the back. They have very messy webs, kinda like they were drunk when they did it.

I try to leave them all (spiders) alone as long as they stay outside.

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foxywoods — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:20:50 GMT

@SilleeMee I avoid grapes for this reason!

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SilleeMee — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:27:41 GMT

@foxywoods wrote:
@SilleeMee I avoid grapes for this reason!

@foxywoods

Me, too!

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foxywoods — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:47:20 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
Only the females are venomous. They're the larger ones. The red spot on the abdomen is difficult to see since it's underneath, but they also have small red dots in a straight line down the middle of the back. They have very messy webs, kinda like they were drunk when they did it.

I try to leave them all (spiders) alone as long as they stay outside.

@Icegoddess yes the web was unusual. This one had a very dense almost mesh type web mixed with leaf litter, in a corner of the bed.

pic not great but the strands of web can be seen

we have many spiders here in northern new england but it is odd to see black widows. when I was a kid the home we moved to had a widow in the garage.

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BlueFinch — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:57:07 GMT

Good grief, that does it. I'm not buying anymore bags of grapes. I had a friend who was bitten by a BW spider when using a country out house. Probably a good place for them.

Anyway, he went to the hospital with a scary reaction. He said it was a terrible experience. He became the messenger of warnings for anyone who would listen.

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Citrine1 — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:03:55 GMT

Well that's a fine how do you do! I had no idea they hung out with grapes. Yikes.

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spumoni99 — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:13:34 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
Only the females are venomous. They're the larger ones. The red spot on the abdomen is difficult to see since it's underneath, but they also have small red dots in a straight line down the middle of the back. They have very messy webs, kinda like they were drunk when they did it.

I try to leave them all (spiders) alone as long as they stay outside.

Do both the males and the females have the red spot?

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Kachina624 — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:16:36 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Black widow spiders have been known to make homes inside bundles of grapes. People have found them after buying grapes from the grocery store.

@SilleeMee. And tarantulas hide in bunches of bananas. It's a jungle out there.

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Sakuya — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:20:47 GMT

I thought they hung around dark places and moisture. So by outdoor spicket and hose. Odd it was on east coast. I thought they were more south. Maybe it crawled out of a bag of grapes!

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Desertdi — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:25:54 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

@SilleeMee wrote:
Black widow spiders have been known to make homes inside bundles of grapes. People have found them after buying grapes from the grocery store.

@SilleeMee. And tarantulas hide in bunches of bananas. It's a jungle out there.

@Kachina624 @SilleeMee

When I was working at a resort (with 8 swimming pools).....the tarantulas used to come out at night to sip water from the pools.

They were the size of dinner platters....and the engineering crew would bag them, toss them in the bed of their pickup, and drive them back out to the desert.

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Icegoddess — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:26:16 GMT

We have piles of large rocks between us and the neighbor's driveway to help hold up the hill. Apparently, they like rock piles too.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:57:21 GMT

How fun to live among the tarantulas. It's suppose to be their mating season when they migrate in large masses right now. I suppose AZ. has them as does Southern NM.

My son had one as a pet as a teenager. That's boys for you.

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Puggywuggy — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:09:06 GMT

Yikes! We have black widow spiders here in the Desert and they have a wicked, poisonous bite. Here, the hide in dark spaces and have a really strong, sticky like web.
The tarantulas we have where I live are generally not aggressive and though they can bite, fortunately, they aren't poisonous like they are in other areas.

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luvzchiz — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:21:17 GMT

So much for grapes for me. Ugh

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Desertdi — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:34:47 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
How fun to live among the tarantulas. It's suppose to be their mating season when they migrate in large masses right now. I suppose AZ. has them as does Southern NM.

My son had one as a pet as a teenager. That's boys for you.

@Kachina624 I had a friend who had one of those BIG spiders sitting on her driveway.......so she decided to SHOOT IT. Got the spider, but she blew a hole in the driveway so big, she had to have it repaved... di