Dangerous or not. IT HAD TO DIE!!!!!!!

[DanB]

That is doesn't look like black widow to me, although the body type is similar. The Females are large, significantly larger than males (males almost look like a baby spider in size comparison). Also the "Red Hourglass" is on the underside of the abdomen on a black widow, not on top like in that picture.

I'll bet it keeps that spider safer looking like a black widow. I can't stand spiders.

Hence the reason I gave up. Closest thing I could find was a red striped spider. But it showed to only live in Austrailia. So it fell into the category of let it die.

 

[usmc1986]

Dan I had to correct myself. I found a few pics of black widow females with similar markings ontop of the abdomen - those do vary with red, white patterns. After she's dead and gone, check the strength and stickiness of the web material, it will be noticeably stronger and stickier than a standard web even when using a small stick to test.

 

[Danny Tanner]

http://vimeo.com/3797589

(hopefully that worked)

 

[Biggsly]

Yep. It had to die.

 

[jbrentn]

kill 'em all! and, any scorpions you see.

 

[usmc1986]

Saw my first Oklahoma scorpion last week. Picking up some brass at the range, there were a few boards on the ground behind the line and I pushed them away with my foot and sure enough there was the little guy. I thought neat, then crushed it.

 

[bigthumper]

this lil guy got to see the bottom side of my boot.... the funny thing is i saw him inside a jail... in the very center of it... up in the control tower.... now how the hell he did that i have no clue but i hope he had fun while it lasted...

 

[kerryt1]

I'm about to bug bomb the hell out of my shed for this very reason. The only good spider is a dead one.

 

[DaveTec]

That black widow needed to die. You need to spray for them now that you know you have them.

 

[Weatherby]

If you see a shiny black spider, it is a black widow. I usually will use spray paint to dispatch those shiny little turds.