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Jul 4th 2006 | 4:45 pm

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dazman

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From: Glendale, AZ

Re: Black Widow tips

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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?

Good luck with the Black Widows. I haven't seen any since I've been here, but in the last few weeks my house has been overrun with these pesky little spiders. I'm killing about five of them a day. I have no idea what they are, but I hope they're not going to grow up to be Brown Recluse spiders. Might be time for some serious spraying!!

Jul 5th 2006 | 4:25 am

#47

gsnichol

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From: Tucson, AZ

Re: Black Widow tips

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Originally Posted by Deb

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

You have Huntsmans to deal with too... they may be 'harmless' but you can't exactly trap them in a coffee jar...

Jul 5th 2006 | 6:44 am

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pdamiant

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Re: Black Widow tips

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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.

LOL...... I saw those two madmen on Mythbusters do this, they busted the myth by putting lots of the daddy long legs into a container, then they inserted their hand into the container for a while with the intention of making them angry.
The guy came out a bit red in places but lived to tell the tale.