found it on a boat we hauled out today, picked it up with a stick and put it in a small tree in the woods next to the marina..was not sure it was a black widow until i just looked it up..

 

 

and another pic.. a little fuzzy small branch kept getting in frame..

 

Yikes! Never seen one in person before.

Wow, I went to California a few years ago and they were everywhere. I'd never seen one in NJ before.

ewwwwww

We had them all over in San Diego. Hopefully winter kills this one.

They're cool spiders. We had one or two living in old pile of wood in the back yard. The wood has been moved or burnt as to not create an inviting location for them. Brown recluse are also common in NJ and are deadlier.

They're cool spiders. We had one or two living in old pile of wood in the back yard. The wood has been moved or burnt as to not create an inviting location for them. Brown recluse are also common in NJ and are deadlier.

A buddy got a Brown Recluse bite. By the time the venom stopped burrowing he could stick his finger in his thigh up to the hand.

ouch, I hate when that happens

Yikes! I hate spiders. I haven't experienced a Black Widow in person, but plenty of Brown Recluses down in South Carolina (military fort, so, of course). I saw, in passing, what happened to a poor guy's fleshy part of the thigh from one of those bites.

We found a very large one in the garden last year, first one I've seen in a long time.

We found a very large one in the garden last year, first one I've seen in a long time.

 

This is the 1st one i have seen in our area...sounds like we might start seeing this species more often.. did some reading up they are not agressive..

I used to have 5 of them living in my backyard when I lived in AZ they were great pest control. They won't bother you if you don't bother them.

Spiders are cool, glad you saved him (or her).

I wonder if the same weather or conditions that brought out millions of stinkbugs is giving the black widows good living conditions.

Where we used to play paintball in the woods years ago there were a few. They seemed to like living in those heavy blue plastic garbage barrels.

If you guys like to play with spiders, go to this link. It's way fun and usually creeps out the females in the house also.

 

http://www.onemotion.com/flash/spider/

I've found two of 'em in my shop over the years. It's been a while, though. That's okay with me. I know they're not real common in this area but I know two people who got bitten by a brown recluse. The one guy was in bad shape for a while. They must be nasty creatures.

And yes...the stinkbugs can go away too.

If you guys like to play with spiders, go to this link. It's way fun and usually creeps out the females in the house also.

 

http://www.onemotion.com/flash/spider/

 

 

ok that is cool.. kept me occupied for a few minutes..

Such abhorrent little *******s.

An old employee of mine was bit by a recluse about 2 inches below his butt cheek. His wife wouldn't clean it out after the doctor cut out the dead tissue so I was volunteered. Amazing how much tissue damage occured. I was able to stuff in about 3 or 4 feet of sterile packing.