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So I just went into my living room to watch some TV and between the couch and the wall I noticed a spider with a red hourglass on it's body. Knowing damn well what it was I found the first heavy book I could get and just dropped it on the web crushing and killing the spider instantly.
Later I went into the bathroom and found another black widow between the toilet and the wall. So again, I found a book and smashed her. Then AFTER THAT, I went into the kitchen to get a drink and found ANOTHER black widow near the sink. I disposed of that one in the same manner, but now I'm fucking scared shitless about this invasion of black widows...I know their bites are deadly...but they're not very aggressive are they?
I mean if I were to fall asleep, what would my chances be of a black widow biting me (I'm generally fairly still while I sleep).
 
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On April 19 2009 13:00 Falcynn wrote:
So I just went into my living room to watch some TV and between the couch and the wall I noticed a spider with a red hourglass on it's body. Knowing damn well what it was I found the first heavy book I could get and just dropped it on the web crushing and killing the spider instantly.
Later I went into the bathroom and found another black widow between the toilet and the wall. So again, I found a book and smashed her. Then AFTER THAT, I went into the kitchen to get a drink and found ANOTHER black widow near the sink. I disposed of that one in the same manner, but now I'm fucking scared shitless about this invasion of black widows...I know their bites are deadly...but they're not very aggressive are they?
I mean if I were to fall asleep, what would my chances be of a black widow biting me (I'm generally fairly still while I sleep).
They're not exactly "deadly" odds are if you were bit you'd survive.
If you see one of the fuckers bite you, bite that bitch back, then punch its shitty string house.
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Ummm, what are black widows doing in your house?
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A black widow won't come get you, but it's entirely possible to be bitten if say, you accidentally step on one barefoot. Or accidentally brush your hand against one.
But if you live remotely near a hospital / poison control center just deal with it right away if you do get bit. You will be totally fine. So no real reason to be scared (though I agree they are quite scary).
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Where the hell do you live jeez.
According to wikipedia the males almost never bite, whereas the females do. Hope that it's a sausagefest in there?
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On April 19 2009 13:05 ilistis wrote:
Ummm, what are black widows doing in your house?
durrrr i dunno they're probably holding bug elections durrrr
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they are gonna bite you no matter what, not because you move or because you are still, i remember reading some artical of a girl who got bit b/c it was in her track pants
if you keep finding them maybe you got a whole fucking infestatoin and should get it looked at?
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On April 19 2009 13:06 micronesia wrote:
Where the hell do you live jeez.
According to wikipedia the males almost never bite, whereas the females do. Hope that it's a sausagefest in there?
the ones with the red hourglass are females.
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was gonna say that ^
yeah lol ide fucking do something about it.
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On April 19 2009 13:06 Red.Cloud wrote:
they are gonna bite you no matter what, not because you move or because you are still, i remember reading some artical of a girl who got bit b/c it was in her track pants
if you keep finding them maybe you got a whole fucking infestatoin and should get it looked at? I've never seen a black widow in my life and I just saw three of them within a half hour (I live in Vallejo, CA btw. It's about 30 miles from San Francisco) so I'm not sure if this is just a freak accident or if it really is an infestation.
If they're mostly harmless then I guess I can rest a little easy. After doing some research it seems they're only incredibly deadly when biting children or the elderly, so I guess I should be fine (6'0" and 250 lbs.) Hopefully these were the only ones I have to worry about, but if I see more maybe I should see about getting a bug man or w/e they're called to take some precautions.
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Christ dude, call a exterminator.
edits: hope you don't have pets, would they be in danger?
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If you keep your house clean and bright it will greatly reduce the numbers of spiders in it.
Spiders like dark, and spiders likes em some food.
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On April 19 2009 13:10 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Christ dude, call a exterminator.
edits: hope you don't have pets, would they be in danger? Don't have any pets thankfully 
I know that spiders like dark/messy areas, but I found those three in areas I would consider better lit and open than some other areas in my house...so I dunno.
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dude a few years ago I lived in this shitty trailer/house thing, shared it with a buddy. and spiders were fucking everywhere in it. scared the crap out of me regularly.
one time I got up in the morning, went to take a shower, grabbed my luffa thing and started cleaning myself.... and it feels weird and i look down, and there is a gigantic spider in it that im rubbing against my bare chest. freaked me out SO BAD.
luckily it was dead, all bloated and gross from the water. but still it was scary wtf was it doing in there.
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Must live in the heat lol i remember when i used to live in Tracy i used to get a ton of black-widows capture them in a jar and watch them make a cobweb. Their bite is is deadly if left untreated and in small people ie like children or just tiny body people to a fullsized adult who is healthy it very unlikely to kill, it's not something you want to go though even with help from the hospital it would be a week of hell for your body if you get bit.
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There were times last summer when I was seeing 5 or six spiders a week either in my bathroom ( I too had the dead bloated spider in the shower thing) or running along the floor next to my computer. Startled me regularly. I finally had enough and bug bombed the place when I was out of town for a couple days. I've only seen one since.
I'm highly in favor of the delete^H^H^H^H gas fucking everything method.
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On April 19 2009 13:16 travis wrote:
dude a few years ago I lived in this shitty trailer/house thing, shared it with a buddy. and spiders were fucking everywhere in it. scared the crap out of me regularly.
one time I got up in the morning, went to take a shower, grabbed my luffa thing and started cleaning myself.... and it feels weird and i look down, and there is a gigantic spider in it that im rubbing against my bare chest. freaked me out SO BAD.
luckily it was dead, all bloated and gross from the water. but still it was scary wtf was it doing in there.
Holy Fuck
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how come you have so many black widows...?
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On April 19 2009 13:27 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
I'm highly in favor of the delete^H^H^H^H gas fucking everything method.
what the hell is that?^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h
edit: never mind
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