Black Widow Spider!

[Cetawin]

the black widow has a distinct hourglass marking...I am unsure of the three spots...there is a spider with white striped legs and one red spot that is harmless.

Here are pics of widows....if it looks like that...call an exterminator to get rid of them immediately.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=...&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1

 

[rizq]

http://ibexinc.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/black-widow-spider.jpg

This looks like the other type I have seen here ... the hourglass was not present on the abdomen. Not all black widows have the hourglass.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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It's alive in a clear container. I can see the abdomen and I see that there is one red spot and a kind of yellowing horizontal line. Then it has two more red dots on it's back. It is shiny black. The body is about 1/2 inch and has long pointed legs.

You CAUGHT it???

EWWWW!!!

 

[shelleyd2008]

http://doyourownpestcontrol.com/spiders.htm

'This site says that they have 3 red markings that form an hourglass' And that 'males will have lighter streaks on their abdomens'. So I'm thinking it could maybe be a male? It doesn't say the 'red markings' have to be in an hourglass shape??

ETA: This is quoted directly from that site "The female has a shiny black, globular abdomen with two yellow or red markings in a triangle shape. It looks like an hourglass. Males are smaller, lighter in color, with light streaks on the abdomen."

 

[rizq]

I have been searching since I first posted for the spider ID site that I used to help determined if my no-hourglass eight legger was indeed a widow. I finally found it. Have to remember to copy my favorites before I reformat my computer next time.

There is, however, considerable variation among individual widow spiders. Some have no hourglass markings. Most have a smaller red spot near the tip of the abdomen. There may be a line of red spots on the upper side of the abdomen, and northern widows often have white streaks on the sides of their abdomens.

From http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pcreclusespiders.htm ... scroll down past the recluse to the widows

 

[redhen]

KILL IT! Kill them ALL! Before they kill you and everyone on the planet!

I hate spiders..they scare me.

 

[NellaBean]

I found a black widow in my chicken coop the other day. EATING A LIZARD it had caught in its web. Yes. A lizard.

Don't believe me?

I have a spider phobia. And a lizard phobia. I did not notice this until I was already inside the coop...and they were in the only doorway, at face level.

It was not pretty.



Kill them all.

 

[rizq]

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I'll go along with that!

<-- there is room under my chair for other spider weenies ... no eight leggers allowed!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I'll go along with that!

<-- there is room under my chair for other spider weenies ... no eight leggers allowed!

Count me in

 

[shelleyd2008]

Here's another site with pics and description

http://www.desertusa.com/july97/du_bwindow.html