• CrimeDadOPEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    The only spiders I kill are the yellow sac spiders because they will bite you in your sleep and cause a nasty infection. It happened to me once.

    • Seathru@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Brown recluses and black widows are instant squish (both are prevalent here). I didn’t even know about yellow sac spiders (we apparently have those too) but they look close enough to brown recluses that they are fortunately/unfortunately going to meet the same fate.

      I’m disappointed that I don’t have many orb weavers this year.

      Edit: Big black widow I found at work a couple weeks ago (where I was sticking my hands).

      • CrimeDadOPEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I think recluses and widows do sometimes live around here in NJ, but I haven’t seen any yet. Regardless, I’m ready for them.

      • DerBar@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        But why black widows? They are super useful at pest control and like all spiders just leave them be and they want nothing to do with you.

        • Seathru@beehaw.orgEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          They’re only included because they sometimes live in spaces I’m having to blindly stick my arm in. And we just don’t have the kind of trust. I probably just need to get some elbow length gloves for when I feel their webs (it feels different than other spider webs).

          • CrimeDadOPEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Ugh I’ve never encountered a black widow, but I just felt that sentence.