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Spuds Moyogi
I don't know how applicable this is to most people, BUT you might want to check underneath your outdoor bonsai for, well, black widow spiders....
I narrowly missed being nailed by a very VERY large one whilst lifting my big oak tree's pot. I had noticed the signature "crazy ass" Black Widow web on a couple of trees nearby a month ago, but since there are a lot of other spiders in the back I didn't really give it much thought. I SHOULD have...
As I put my fingers under the pot's bottom surface to lift it, a Black Widow bigger than my thumbnail darted out and took a stab at my hand. I think it noticed my finger was attached to a very large owner and it retreated. The damn thing had made a nest in the bottom drainhole of the oak's pot
from what I could see.
Anyway, after a quick a trip to Home Depot for "Spider Killer" and I got to watch the thing curl up and die in front of me (which sounds ghoulish, but I really needed to positively know the damn thing was dead and I hope she didn't leave younguns behind...).
I don't know if the particularly mild winter and early heat around here has allowed an increase in the Black Widow population, but I've never seen one of such size in my area. There also seems to be a bumper crop of plain old garden spiders this year too...
I narrowly missed being nailed by a very VERY large one whilst lifting my big oak tree's pot. I had noticed the signature "crazy ass" Black Widow web on a couple of trees nearby a month ago, but since there are a lot of other spiders in the back I didn't really give it much thought. I SHOULD have...
As I put my fingers under the pot's bottom surface to lift it, a Black Widow bigger than my thumbnail darted out and took a stab at my hand. I think it noticed my finger was attached to a very large owner and it retreated. The damn thing had made a nest in the bottom drainhole of the oak's pot
from what I could see.Anyway, after a quick a trip to Home Depot for "Spider Killer" and I got to watch the thing curl up and die in front of me (which sounds ghoulish, but I really needed to positively know the damn thing was dead and I hope she didn't leave younguns behind...).
I don't know if the particularly mild winter and early heat around here has allowed an increase in the Black Widow population, but I've never seen one of such size in my area. There also seems to be a bumper crop of plain old garden spiders this year too...
