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Re: Black Widows

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From: Dale Leatherwood
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:00
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Seth Fehrs wrote:
> 
> Just like to remind y'all that black widows are endemic to the area
> (I saw a few this weekend).   Supposedly they are rarely fatal
> but can be rather unpleasant, though many bites are mild.
> 
> I saw several one summer as an installer of aluminum siding.  They
> liked out of the way eaves and other nook n' crannies on houses.
> Today I was moving some rocks lining the driveway where the
> grass was overgrown so I could mow it, and picked up one
> rock and noticed a big ol' black spider guarding an egg sac.
> It had the classic shape; turning it over with a stick, I saw the
> hourglass.   This one was big, two or three times the size of
> what I was used to.
> 
> Poking around the grass, I noticed at least one other, and it too
> had an egg sac.  Hopefully the mulching mower got them all.
> 
> Seth Fehrs

Damn, damn, damn. 

Thanks man, I really appreciate the nightmare fodder!

-Dale

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From: Dale Leatherwood <dleather@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Black Widows
Date: 1997/09/15
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