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30 May 2022, 07:16 AM | #1 |
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Black widow
So the rumors are true and I am still very surprised this happened to me. I live in Massachusetts and went grocery shopping this morning. Went into the the bag to grab the bananas and I was staring down at a black widow spider. So far this has been the craziest thing to happen to me from a simple grocery store visit lol.
Just happy I didn’t randomly get a bite as I’m sure I would’ve been fine but probably wouldn’t have been the most fun. Also happy my kids weren’t helping me get the groceries out of the bag today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
30 May 2022, 07:18 AM | #2 |
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Whoa! Almost got bit by one a couple of years ago changing a tire on my Polaris
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30 May 2022, 07:30 AM | #3 |
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It’s too cold here for those critters to thrive
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30 May 2022, 08:08 AM | #4 |
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This doesn’t happen when I make fries or onion rings.
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30 May 2022, 09:49 AM | #5 |
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Black widow
We have big ones in Las Vegas. I think they occur naturally in the southwest. I leave them be when I find them around the yard because the last time I exterminated them I got a scorpion invasion instead.
I’d rather have black widows that are typically shy of humans than yellow scorpions that aren’t and don’t stop stinging! |
30 May 2022, 09:58 AM | #6 |
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Phew, I thought you were introducing a new nickname for a watch!!
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30 May 2022, 10:09 AM | #7 |
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What did you do with it?
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30 May 2022, 10:18 AM | #8 |
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Wow. I’m in MA as well. Going to pass on bananas for a while…
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30 May 2022, 10:31 AM | #9 | |
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I’m in Alberta (different part of “here” I guess) We have lots of black widows in the south part of the province….and scorpions, rattlesnakes and horned roads!
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30 May 2022, 12:50 PM | #10 |
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Kill it without hesitation.
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30 May 2022, 12:52 PM | #11 |
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Lucky to see it before getting bit
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30 May 2022, 01:36 PM | #12 |
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30 May 2022, 02:01 PM | #13 |
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Wow! You all would have heard me from hundreds of miles away if I found one of those in my food. You are very lucky.
My in laws lived in the Palm Springs area for over a decade, and they’d find some of those hanging out in rocks that were near the swimming pool. I think the brown recluse is the worst spider I’ve seen locally. |
31 May 2022, 12:13 AM | #14 | |
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That’s crazy! Glad you didn’t get bit. Here’s one on my front stairs. She was about 1.5-2” leg to leg. Biggest I’ve ever seen. But then again, we regularly get the hairy tarantulas strolling into our garage Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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31 May 2022, 01:18 AM | #15 |
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Must be organic bananas...... a bit of spray would have taken care of it.
Black Widow spiders are a way of life around here, you never stick your hands into dark corners.
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31 May 2022, 03:07 AM | #16 |
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I saw you posted that on FB as well Manny, kind of freaky, us Mass-holes aren't supposed to have to deal with these critters LOL
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31 May 2022, 03:15 AM | #17 |
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I would have tossed that bag off the nearest cliff or, short of that, onto the side of the road. Had a finger swell like a balloon from a spider bite once. Not sure if can kill a grown man but can certainly kill a pet or a child.
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31 May 2022, 04:32 AM | #18 |
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Wow, I found a few spiders in my days in grapes purchased from the supermarket, Never a black widow though. Crazy!
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1 June 2022, 12:23 AM | #20 |
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So gross. I hate spiders. I got bitten on the forehead while sleeping one spring night in 2019. I remember brushing something off my forehead during the night and the next morning I had these two strange little bumps that looked like pimples. Huge mistake - I sort of poked them while trying to figure out what they might be. That must have pushed the venom deeper into my skin because the whole area swelled up to the size of an egg. I took Benedryl and ibuprofen, iced it, applied Benedryl cream to the area and it still lasted that way for a week. I still have a small scar and blemish from it and up close in the right light you can see the two fang puncture marks.
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1 June 2022, 01:37 AM | #21 |
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Thanks, for that mental imagery !! We'll all sleep better tonight. |
1 June 2022, 01:45 AM | #22 |
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we have Scorpions here...
this is my killing jar filled with Alcohol... doesn't look like it affects him at all. |
1 June 2022, 07:10 AM | #23 |
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this is my killing jar filled with Alcohol... doesn't look like it affects him at all.[/QUOTE] Blindly Stumbling about, full of alcohol....... Sounds like a normal Friday night, where I come from. |
1 June 2022, 03:04 PM | #24 |
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A Perfect Near Miss! You Got Very Lucky.
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Glad the OP & family can just chalk this up to a good story.
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