tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9866194.post1461491107500585939..comments2024-01-15T15:09:57.893-08:00Comments on Skye Puppy: Black WidowsSkyePuppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571489259897997518noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9866194.post-81860078563018363992008-05-15T09:29:00.000-07:002008-05-15T09:29:00.000-07:00Chuck,Black widows are not yet endangered. Except ...Chuck,<BR/><BR/>Black widows are not yet endangered. Except by the likes of me.<BR/><BR/>And I killed a fourth one the next night. It was underneath the electric meter. Raid is my friend!SkyePuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01571489259897997518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9866194.post-44872224927489805202008-05-15T05:33:00.000-07:002008-05-15T05:33:00.000-07:00Excellent post. My sentiments toward arachnids mat...Excellent post. My sentiments toward arachnids match yours. I don't even want to peruse pictures of them.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, I hope no one official reads your blog. Aren't black widows, like every other living thing except humans & Marines endangered species? I recall training time in the field on Camp Pendleton and being briefed that I would get in less trouble for shooting a Marine than a deer or a rattlnesnake!ChuckLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01339336826100960754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9866194.post-89837895454327593922008-05-08T05:39:00.000-07:002008-05-08T05:39:00.000-07:00I'm with Christina, I'd be outta there toot-sweet!...I'm with Christina, I'd be outta there toot-sweet! Yuk!janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10885403909609923540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9866194.post-14723943830958001582008-05-07T08:55:00.000-07:002008-05-07T08:55:00.000-07:00Christina,An excellent suggestion. I'm pulling on ...Christina,<BR/><BR/>An excellent suggestion. I'm pulling on my running shoes even as we speak...<BR/><BR/>I was married for a very long time to a man who liked bugs and kept a Field Guide to Spiders lying around the house. It had pictures of spiders all over the cover, including a black widow and this big, hairy freak of a spider that I hope NEVER to encounter in person. If I had to move the book at all, I picked it up by the corner, where there were no pictures I could accidentally touch. I hated that book.<BR/><BR/>But the one good thing (and there is only one) from that is that I became able to recognize a black widow from its silhouette, without needing to verify the hourglass on the underside. You almost never get that chance.<BR/><BR/>Black widows live everywhere in Southern California where there is darkness. So maybe I'll stay put after all...SkyePuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01571489259897997518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9866194.post-40811304427108666442008-05-07T07:32:00.000-07:002008-05-07T07:32:00.000-07:00Okay, the decision about whether to stay or move.....Okay, the decision about whether to stay or move....made! <BR/><BR/>Don't even worry about selling the house, just give it to the spiders as a peace offering, back away slowly (while simultaneously looking every direction just in case they are planning an ambush) and then drive like the wind! <BR/><BR/>Oh wait, it's possible that the sneaky arachnids have taken over the car too. Run....run and never look back. <BR/><BR/>When you arrive at your new-found home, burn your clothes. (Spiders are sneaky and nefarious, it's possible they've laid eggs.) Shower three, maybe four times and then, only then might you be truly safe.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you're safe...and that you didn't post pictures.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09297412590929141055noreply@blogger.com