Black spidar with red hour glass on belly

[j free]

be glad it wasn't a brown widow!

Killed one of those bastards today!

 

[inSTANt bendo]

Got bit by a BW as a teen. I was vomiting for 2 days about every 20 mins with major fever and chills. My stomach was contracting so hard that green bile was coming up. FUCK those little bastards!! I know your pain....

 

[baja_driver]

It only laid me up for a day and a half. The ironic part, I had to change my shirt and blankets multiple times as I would get hot, then cold, and so on. I could not imagine a brown. I have to admit, it was the worst experience I have ever been through. My fever was mild which me realize it was not the flu. Like I said prior, I have a new respect for them!

what tripped me out was how fast the sweat and fever came..kept passing out for two days...shut down all my major muscles, arms legs..crazy shit.

 

[SubLime]

San Diego has Brown Widows also. worse then the black ones....the egg sacks have spikes on them.

 

[GrabBass1]

Great! Now I feel something crawling on me. Think I will get the boat ready - no spiders on the salt water. Glad you are feeling better.

 

[yft1979]

San Diego has Brown Widows also. worse then the black ones....the egg sacks have spikes on them.

Was just reading on the Brown widow, and internet said the Black Widow has a stronger reaction on people. But ill tell u what.. Dont want to get bit by any of those little fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Luhr'd Away 2]

OOOH Now boys>>> I'm sure your father warned you about the "FEMALE" SPECIES!! we've been known to be deadly lol (red hour glass is female)
I'm glad your better Art!!

 

[umoa]

arachnid jihad!

 

[GLASS PADDY]

holy shit! thats gonna give me nightmares

your avatar gives me nightmares

 

[Le Tigre]

youch. I got bit as a teen and had the most horrendous abdominal cramps and vomiting. Made my eyesite all fuzzy. Ended up in childrens hospital for a week. Horrible stuff. I got bit on my calf going after lizards in a woodpile. I dont do that anymore that is for sure. Glad everyone has healed. And yes there is over abundance of those things this year for sure!!!

 

[Gil Marlin]

Think I will get the boat ready - no spiders on the salt water.

A good friend of mine went on a 5 day trip and got bit by something that was in his sleeping bag which he stored in a garage in Santee. They turned around but the wound kept getting worse and they almost had to call the Coast Guard...

 

[SealBeachKid]

Art...Glad you're recovering...
About 6 months ago, I was in my garage working on some tackle stuff at night...
I came back into my house and while I was taking some water from the fridge to the counter top, I saw a little movement on my right shoulder (The fucking heebee geebee type movement) where you scream like a woman getting mauled by a mountain lion and do the stanky leg dance!!! I flicked my shirt sleeve and saw a large spider hit the deck...sure as shit, it was a hugo boss black widow. I smashed that thing so quickly, which typically is against my karmic mojo (spiders are guardians of your home to the CHEROKEE!) Freaked me out for a few hours, I was expecting to go full blown Exorcist, but I was fine.
They have definitely been out in full force for the warm months...hunting more in the open than I have experienced...keep finding them in my little 14fter in the garage.
Then, the other night, I was with the Sea Rapist over at SWBA headquarters dropping off a motorcycle to be worked on...we had this motorcycle up in our work van strapped down mind you.
Once we had it in the garage, The Rapist puts his hand up between the front fender and the suspension...and a GIANT Brown Widow came out like a hungry calico!!! That thing got smashed in a heartbeat...sprayed the shit out of the spikey egg sacks up in there with wd40 until they hit the floor and got stomped!!!
This whole thread has me paranoid!!!
Anyways Art...keep resting and kill em all!!!

 

[Albiebac]

Thanks for the PSA Art! I live on a canyon and assumed the spiders (blacks and browns) are just part of the neighborhood. They are everywhere! Patio furniture, trailer hitches, even found inside my truck. Every month I go out at night with a flashlight and propane torch, and torch 30-40 of those bastards. I'm thinking chemicals are needed.

BTW- Browns are more potent, but they don't release as much venom, so it's about even.

 

[Gil Marlin]

Okay girls, here's something for you to read...

Venom Invasion - KTLA

And I hope everything is okay Art... I hate spiders too, but don't want to kill everything else by using chemicals...

 

[Luhr'd Away]

This happened about a month ago, but I will tell everyone, it was hell. On the second full day of being sick, I was able to get down fluids as I was very dehydrated. If not, I would have had to visit the hospital for an IV.