Northern Black Widows - Latrodectus variolus

[padkison]

I've been seeing a lot of these guys in the woods at night.

 

[JT]

what are the chances of you collecting a few and sending them my way???

 

[OGIGA]

I see black widow spiders all the time, but I really want to kill them when I see them. Do you really want some??

 

[JT]

yep!and a Hogna carolinensis or 2 and some carolina mantids too for that matter, but yeah.i want widows, only females though. pm me and we can work out the details.

 

[eastcoastinverts]

I am with JT on that one!!

Great pics also!

 

[Way.Of.The.Mantis]

Do you not have to be careful in keeping widows? Over here they are put in glass vials, inside plastic tanks and then inside a larger glass tank. :roll:

 

[JT]

lol, :lol: ,

that seems a little extreme to me. i've kept them before and just kept them in 1/2 gallon plastic jars w/ screw on lids. on a shelf in my bedroom.

 

[Asa]

I think they're annoying, one's always finding a place underneath my foot.

 

[padkison]

Steatoda species often get mistaken for black widows due to their shape and webbing.

 

[Asa]

Man that's fat! Is it dead by any chance?

 

[HempKnight]

Your black widows are a lot prettier then ours in California. Yours have the nice white strips.

 

[OGIGA]

I just caught this outside tonight. I'm going to post it in the classifieds so if you want it, let me know because I hate these things and really want to kill them all. :twisted:

 

[Asa]

Nooooo! Don't kill it!

 

[OGIGA]

Why not??

 

[Asa]

Because it's beautiful...*sigh*...

I'm crazy.