Posts Tagged ‘black widow spider’


Oh Great – It’s a Brown Widow

Lucky me…. not only do I keep finding black widow spiders, but now I found a brown widow. And writing about spiders really, really isn’t that interesting to me. But in the spirit of being sure everyone knows what these things look like, here’s the brown dude(ette) munching in a wasp. It took me quite [...]

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Black Widow Update

I was right about that black widow laying more eggs! The day after I took the pictures there was an extra egg sac in the nest. Then she got busy finishing up eating the roach and a fly. How creepy is this? After having nightmares about a zillion babies invading my front porch, I sprayed [...]

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Black Widow On My Front Porch

I used to find black widow nests on the fence posts out on the farm. They like tight little corners. I’m certainly not on the farm anymore but I still find these little creepies around my house. Here’s one that’s currently living on my front porch up in the corner. (At least it’s living right [...]

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