This one's for Johnny
This entry was posted on 11/15/2006 6:36 PM and is filed under XCountry.
So Anna and I just got back from the supermarket and
found this little bugger in the garage, hanging on a web over the
car. She said it was a black widow... the largest one she'd ever
seen so I was naturally curious. It's not that I didn't believe
her, it's just that I'd never seen one. And I didn't think they
got this big so I figured I'd try and catch it to get a better
look at it.
Anyway, I found a metal bar I could reach it with,
climbed up on a ladder, and pulled it off. The thing gave me the
willies because it started coming down it's web at me, but I managed to
avoid it's potentially venemous biting jaws of death. |
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I bet you all recognize these markings, don't
you? That's right folks, Anna was correct... it really
was our old friend the black widow. It was honestly pretty
huge - with her legs all spread out she was about 2-2.5 inches in
diameter!! Well, that was before I accidentally squished
it. They say poison from these buggers isn't often
fatal but it makes your abdomen spaz and is terribly painful. I
put it in a little ziplock baggie and sent it to Johnny cuz I know how
he likes spiders and snakes and stuff. |
