Black Widow Spider
Jan 28, 2015 11:24:27 #
This is a black widow spider I found in my garage a few days ago.
Dennis
Dennis
Jan 28, 2015 11:43:57 #
a lot of brown on it,mine are all black except for the hour glass.i would have killed it after i shot it.nice shots
Jan 28, 2015 12:38:33 #
tinusbum wrote:
You know, if you step on one it's easier to keep the whole spider tangent to the lens.a lot of brown on it,mine are all black except for the hour glass.i would have killed it after i shot it.nice shots
;-)
Jan 28, 2015 12:54:59 #
Jan 28, 2015 13:48:16 #
tinusbum wrote:
This is the first black widow I have seen in California. At my home in Colorado there were a lot of them in my mud porch and they were all a very shiny black. This one seemed to be somewhat bigger than the ones in Colorado as well.a lot of brown on it,mine are all black except for the hour glass.i would have killed it after i shot it.nice shots
Jan 28, 2015 13:58:35 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Dennis, as Douglass pointed out, this is a Brown Widow. Black Widows are...well...black :wink: Also, these are becoming very common. They seem to be everywhere now a days. I thought I read somewhere that the population of Brown Widows is exploding.This is the first black widow I have seen in California. At my home in Colorado there were a lot of them in my mud porch and they were all a very shiny black. This one seemed to be somewhat bigger than the ones in Colorado as well.
Jan 28, 2015 14:03:24 #
Flyextreme wrote:
Sorry, Bill, I had missed Douglass post somehow. Not enough coffee yet. I didn't know there was a brown widow spider. I was about to call it a brown black widow spider but decided that would not be appropriate.Dennis, as Douglass pointed out, this is a Brown Widow. Black Widows are...well...black :wink: Also, they are becoming very common. They seem to be everywhere now a days. I thought I read somewhere that the population of Brown Widows is exploding.
Jan 28, 2015 14:04:20 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Thanks, Douglass, for letting me know. As I told Bill I never knew there was such a thing as a brown widow. Now I know.Brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus_geometricus
Jan 28, 2015 14:04:54 #
dennis2146 wrote:
I can totally relate:wink: Have a look see: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AnNEqFfXZ8blZ4sup.vIdtqbvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&toggle=1&ilc=1&fp=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=brown%20widow%20spider%20picturesSorry, Bill, I had missed Douglass post somehow.
Jan 28, 2015 14:06:07 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
I chose not to step on it. However let there be no mistake. I did kill it and will kill anything venomous either in the house or on my property. I have a 6 year old granddaughter and would not want her to be bit by one of these things. Actually me or my wife either.You know, if you step on one it's easier to keep the whole spider tangent to the lens. ;-)
Jan 29, 2015 08:52:13 #
I've actually raised some Black Widow spiderlings several years back...They escaped when the wind blew over the container & knocked off the lid to it. (had it outside on my porch)
Jan 29, 2015 10:17:47 #
Flyextreme wrote:
Thanks, Bill, for the link. Interesting about the brown widow and something I never knew. I do appreciate learning new things from time to time.I can totally relate:wink: Have a look see: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AnNEqFfXZ8blZ4sup.vIdtqbvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&toggle=1&ilc=1&fp=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=brown%20widow%20spider%20pictures
Jan 29, 2015 18:58:45 #
Jan 29, 2015 22:00:04 #
Jan 29, 2015 23:14:05 #
My first photos of a Brown Widow spider, recorded in September 2010.
"It seems that a new species, the Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus), has been moving west from Florida, over the last several years, and is now established in the Los Angeles area. The Brown Widow (L. geometricus) is suspected to have the least severe bite of the Widow family (it is considered to possibly be <u>medically insignificant</u>). It is suspected that the brown widow is either more hesitant to bite, or the amount of venom injected (a process called envenomation) is less than the amount injected by its cousins. Males and immatures do not bite. The brown widow is an extremely timid spider which has rarely been reported to bite. Brown widow spiders usually curl up into a ball, and drop to the ground as a primary defense. <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/23403" rel="nofollow">bugguide.net/node/view/23403</a>
It has been observed, but not explained, that the Brown widow population in Southern California has increased, while the Black Widow population has decreased. <a href="http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=brown+widow+displace+black+widow&d=4563158076492349&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=73563f71,1f281a6b" rel="nofollow">cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=brown+widow+displace+black+wido...</a>"
"It seems that a new species, the Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus), has been moving west from Florida, over the last several years, and is now established in the Los Angeles area. The Brown Widow (L. geometricus) is suspected to have the least severe bite of the Widow family (it is considered to possibly be <u>medically insignificant</u>). It is suspected that the brown widow is either more hesitant to bite, or the amount of venom injected (a process called envenomation) is less than the amount injected by its cousins. Males and immatures do not bite. The brown widow is an extremely timid spider which has rarely been reported to bite. Brown widow spiders usually curl up into a ball, and drop to the ground as a primary defense. <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/23403" rel="nofollow">bugguide.net/node/view/23403</a>
It has been observed, but not explained, that the Brown widow population in Southern California has increased, while the Black Widow population has decreased. <a href="http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=brown+widow+displace+black+widow&d=4563158076492349&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=73563f71,1f281a6b" rel="nofollow">cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=brown+widow+displace+black+wido...</a>"
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