The Brown Widow Spider

[NinerNiner999]

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You read it correctly:

http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/IPM/BrownWidow.htm

It is a real species, it is horrific, and you have been warned.

 

[danielmd06]

Welcome to Florida!

 

[gutonc]

Because I needed another reason to avoid America's Wang.

 

[RustedFox]

not buying it. fakie story.

 

[NinerNiner999]

It's true. Hide your kids, Hide your wife...

http://cisr.ucr.edu/brown_widow_spider.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/brown-widow-spider-taking_n_1646835.html

http://www.clemson.edu/cafls/departments/esps/factsheets/medvet/mv14_brown_widow_spiders.html

 

[nlax30]

Found a few in a corner of the back porch several months ago. Growing up here I'm used to seeing black widows and other variety of our usual arachnid suspects, but had to look this one up. There were several of those characteristic egg sacs around as well that confirmed it.

 

[deleted109597]

Yawn. Not news.

Also, the stories conflict about more or less dangerous than blacks. Either way, they aren't super dangerous to adults.

 

[RustedFox]

Climbin' up your windows... snatchin' your people up....

 

[glorfindel]

Don't publicize this; all my abscessed patients will claim their boils are from brown widows and request admission.

 

[ajh1983]

more or less dangerous than blacks.

Teehee

 

[Birdstrike]

You read it correctly:

http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/IPM/BrownWidow.htm

It is a real species, it is horrific, and you have been warned.

This is a classic case of misidentification. That's the legendary, oft blamed, yet never captured, photographed, or video taped,

MRSA spider!

 

[RustedFox]

When's that spider from Lord of the Rings coming to Florida ?

 

[Iride]

Also seen one of these actually right by my front door. Had the hourglass and the characteristic egg sacs. Had to look it up also. This was about 1 year ago and I live on the edge of the orange line above

 

[killerleaf]

O great. I have seen these at the house. wonderful...

I hate spiders!!

Of course, I have long thought that they will take over the world--once they all cross breed with each other... A brown recluse widow is next to make an appearance! Its bite will turn you into a zombie...