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Originally Posted by Bullseye 2620
They are thick here this year, spiders that is. Most are innocuous, and keep down the other bugs that tend to gather in my window wells in this old farm house.
Howsomever, I just disturbed a 2-1/2 incher that was lurking behind the microwave, and he was too fast for me, scurrying to safety under said appliance before I could achieve proper sight alignment with my can of Raid. Smallish oblong body, big legs, all black. . .I guess it coulda been a black widow.
Now I am concocting an ambush strategy. 
One more thought: never whack wolf spiders with a broom. Apparently, they carry their hundreds of offspring on their bodies, and when you swat momma wolf spider, the babies disperse is all directions, making chemical warfare a necessity.
Bullseye |
...and will not kill any unless there is absolutely no recourse (this includes widows and fiddlebacks). I think they are adorable.
A wolf spider with a back full of babies would rate a picture from me at least...maybe try to find it a cricket or something.