tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post8698555399046297380..comments2024-03-27T23:56:25.286-07:00Comments on Cabinet of Wonders: Ze Widow, She Is BlackHeather McDougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-70064358751467014532012-08-10T11:12:11.901-07:002012-08-10T11:12:11.901-07:00Ive been bitten and still cant feel my arm but tha...Ive been bitten and still cant feel my arm but thats why I love spiders lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-23237538144348956212011-06-06T11:03:08.885-07:002011-06-06T11:03:08.885-07:00I still don't like finding them in the house.....I still don't like finding them in the house... I think I'm up to seven, now! Anxious that the cat will play with them...<br /><br />ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-74454816725804672252010-08-20T10:41:21.055-07:002010-08-20T10:41:21.055-07:00i've made a pact with those darling black wido...i've made a pact with those darling black widows, especially because of my little ones. here in arizona they are part of the landscape. like cacti. <br /><br />i'm glad you've found a way to live side by side as well.theuehttp://theuglyearring.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-28096444544843472612010-02-23T22:46:21.241-08:002010-02-23T22:46:21.241-08:00Hmm, thanks for the reminder.Hmm, thanks for the reminder.Heather McDougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-40196979033209308922009-12-28T13:50:59.684-08:002009-12-28T13:50:59.684-08:00Hope you do remember to tell us the story of the T...Hope you do remember to tell us the story of the Tegu.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-7599696415506250012009-07-03T20:48:52.730-07:002009-07-03T20:48:52.730-07:00Great photos. Turns out I just killed one nesting ...Great photos. Turns out I just killed one nesting in the outside bottom of a trash can. I wasn't sure what it was. I had never seen a black widow alive before and had not realized how large and distinctly recognizable it is. <br /><br />I'm not so interested as you are in saving spider lives, but as long as they are not inside, or messing with my stuff, I generally just brush them off. Good thing I decided to kill this one, as someone touching the trash can might have gotten a very unwelcome bite.Hopeful Lilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-41643554790297989832009-07-02T18:46:40.477-07:002009-07-02T18:46:40.477-07:00A few years back at the "giant insect contest...A few years back at the "giant insect contest" which is held every year at the Fiddlers event in Winthrop WA. Kids bring or find insects and then they are judged based on a relatively arbitrary set of rules which includes size but also scariness and cuteness/age of the kid. <br /><br />This one kid, about 6 years old, had a very large black widow in a glass jar. He was there without his parents or any adults in sight, and I asked him how he caught it. He showed me how how he just sort of nudged her into the jar with the lid. <br /><br />For some strange reason the judges decided to measure this particular insect through the glass.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321047018029995853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-62682764153146254592009-07-02T18:24:48.869-07:002009-07-02T18:24:48.869-07:00Gorgeous writing; thanks!
I took my daughter on a...Gorgeous writing; thanks!<br /><br />I took my daughter on a black widow hunt near Branson, MO. We found them, and me, all 6'7" of me, shook in awe, with a rock between us and them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-19844990985752716862009-07-02T13:47:27.359-07:002009-07-02T13:47:27.359-07:00I found one in my shed here in New Orleans when I ...I found one in my shed here in New Orleans when I was clearing webs. I originally thought I killed her, put her in a jar look at later (so pretty!) and she started moving around after awhile. I apparently got her mid-molt, and the stress killed her, but the zoo guy was happy to have a specimen. (I secretly think he wanted it alive to keep as a pet. Hehe.)<br /><br />But they do have a bad rep! Brown recluses are very scary, and so are the giant hobo spiders we used to have in our apartment. Never had a spider chase after me before. Creepy. And they do more damage.Big Onionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828663940095148052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-36152505798910412992009-07-02T12:12:50.099-07:002009-07-02T12:12:50.099-07:00Wonderful post! I share your affinity for spiders...Wonderful post! I share your affinity for spiders, however horrific and alien our primate brains instinctively find them.<br /><br />However I fear that you are giving the brown recluse a bad reputation - or, rather, perpetuating the bad reputation that urban mythology has already given it. Most of those bites you see on the interwebs (and indeed, most wounds attributed to the poor brown recluse) are likely the result of some other nasty, not spider-related at all. <br /><br />Check out the Snopes article:<br />http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/brownrecluse.asp<br /><br />And my personal favorite, from U of California Riverside:<br />http://spiders.ucr.edu/Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659924189303181827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-84095125795181662502009-07-01T13:03:54.067-07:002009-07-01T13:03:54.067-07:00Thanks for the link to my website JamiesAnimalJewe...Thanks for the link to my website JamiesAnimalJewelry.com with the Silver Spiderweb Ear Cuff. Lots of other spider jewelry there as well.JMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844563223203004641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-45108807780433239122009-06-22T21:07:58.969-07:002009-06-22T21:07:58.969-07:00Lovely photos, fascinating post.
I am still terri...Lovely photos, fascinating post.<br /><br />I am still terrified.Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-87240785433786848032009-06-19T17:10:50.801-07:002009-06-19T17:10:50.801-07:00Leave them to "lovely darkness"! Give m...Leave them to "lovely darkness"! Give me Charlotte any time. Informative post.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.com