Originally Posted by Pimpbot

Found and killed my first black widow spider last night. Anything I can put down to prevent or at least slow down these spiders from my yard?

Originally Posted by Deb

Yeh, thats true, I stamp on the buggers every time I see them, they look extra big here in Oz.... :eek:

Originally Posted by gsnichol

I think it has that reputation because it can kill the Sydney funnel-web, the most lethal spider on the planet. I don't think anyone has ever actually extracted Daddy Longlegs venom and tested this though. Having said that I also read that some mammels (such as dogs) are immune from Sydney funnel-web venom, or at least don't suffer as much as humans do, so the same could be true of the Daddy Longlegs.