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vidmouse:
A story like this needs some photos... and not of the banana spider..

Todd H:
Here in Georgia black widows are everywhere. I kill at least 2-3 in my garage every few months (even though I've sprayed my garage more times than I can count). As common as they are, I don't think I've ever known anyone that was bitten by one. They tend to be a bit shy and like dark places. I probalby wouldn't even bother killing them if I didn't have a 16-month old son that will grab anything he can get his hands on.

DaOld Man:
Here in Kentucky, black widows are fairly common.
My nephew works for the water department, and he had the job of meter reader for awhile.
He said it was pretty common to see them in the meter boxes, that are buried in the ground around here.
he got bit once, it hurt him pretty bad for a few days, he said it was like a very bad wasp sting. But it didnt kill him or have any long lasting effects.
We have a much more dangerous spider here, it's called the brown recluse, AKA fiddler or fiddle back spider.
The fiddler doesnt spin a web like the widow, it hunts its food, which makes it much more dangerous, because the fiddler likes to climb into shoes and clothes to get in the warm dark places.
If you have fiddlers in the house, you must always check your shoes before putting them on, and check the bed covers before climbing in.
The fiddler wont kill you, but the area it bites begins to rot out. It is a long painful journey and leaves some pretty bad scars.

Todd H:
Yep brown recluse bites are nasty. I've known a few people bitten by them and it didn't look pleasant. Luckily I haven't seen any in my house since it was built.

Mauzy:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on December 05, 2008, 09:29:03 am ---Here in Kentucky, black widows are fairly common.

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Where in Kentucky? I have quite a bit of family back in them hills...

I live in Illinois. If any of you have ever been to Illinois, you'll see one of two things as far as the eye can see: bean fields or corn fields. Its hard to escape the corn fields. I live right on the edge of one. We get TONS of wolf spiders, but I've never seen and black widow. Im surprised I don't see black widows in the summer. It gets really hot and really humid in the summers. We also have to worry about brown recluse up in the attics. Haven't seen one yet.

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