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Article #1389Re: Black Widows
From: Dale Leatherwood
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:00
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 -- INDUSTRIAL POWER SALES, INC http://www.ipstools.com All opinions my own, etc..
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101acf,b0d55584f95f770e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid101acf,public X-Google-Thread: 114e5f,b0d55584f95f770e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid114e5f,public X-Google-Thread: 10374a,b0d55584f95f770e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10374a,public From: Dale Leatherwood <dleather@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: Black Widows Date: 1997/09/15 Message-ID: <341D2884.7947@ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 272633307 References: <341C9BA8.C8EB707E@mc.duke.edu> X-Server-Date: 15 Sep 1997 12:15:18 GMT Organization: IPS Reply-To: dleather@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: triangle.general,nc.general,duke.general,triangle.general,nc.general