Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus Southern black widow, Latrodectus mactans Northern black widow, Latrodectus variolus Brown widow, Latrodectus geometricus Red widow, Latrodectus bishopi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice McKenzie Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Scarlett Johansson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus Southern black widow, Latrodectus mactans Northern black widow, Latrodectus variolus Brown widow, Latrodectus geometricus Red widow, Latrodectus bishopi they're pretty but they scare me cause their bite is actually dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 You plan to catch them all and become a spider master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 they're also very shy. you got to disturb them to get bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 gotta catch them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillies Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 FUGGZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PhilosipherStoned Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I was bitten by one of those, but I don't care enough to figure out which one. Happened in the texas panhandle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 down there it was either southern or red. did u go to the hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXobiologist Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 we have the northern black widows but i have never seen one personally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 You plan to catch them all and become a spider master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 you typically won't see them. they like to avoid humans. Northerns have very pretty markings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 No, I was in incredible pain for atleast two days. It felt like more. I started to hallucinate a lil bit, but it was more so from the drugs I took for the pain, and the pain itself then the venom probably.. I was only like 12 or 13 at the time to. Alot of details are pretty fuzzy at ths point. I don't think I actually got that much venom though now that I think about it. I do remember being afraid to go to sleep one night because my chest was pounding..not sure I could even call that pain it was like having chest convulsions that started in my arm and radiated outward.. It is a good idea to go to the hospital, but only because it's easy to go into anaphalactic shock..They usally don't even have the antivenom on hand, and if they do thay only use it in extreme cases were someone cant move because the pain or something.. They usually just pump you full of morphine and keep you until the venom wears off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Yeah, they don't inject very much venom. lucky for us sucks u got bit tho whut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Pretty sure it had to be the southern one.. especially out of the two you mentioned. I googled the city where I was when it happened. Well I was in the outskirts of the city in a little suburban area. Me and my friend where staying over at his older sister's house. Her and her husband had just bought the place and he turned the large backyard area they had into an ATV pit. There was still grass, and large uncut weeds in the middle and on the edges of the lot. I flipped an ATV into the weeds and ffreaked out when I saw a black widow trying to crawl from a weed onto my head. I tried to swat it away with my arm but instead of flying off it stuck to my arm and bit me This is the article I found: http://www.kcbd.com/story/19135762/black-widow-population-rises-in-lubbock: Not sure how old it is, but that yard had a BIG Population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXobiologist Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 you typically won't see them. they like to avoid humans. Northerns have very pretty markings well thats good your big guys are pretty and all... but i have a distance rule with spidey. 1.) if you plan to share the same real estate as me, you best keep your squatting ass out of my line of vision. 2.) otherwise, arms reach my friend... SQUISH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 yeah sounds like a southern to me too their populations can get HUGE because one female can produce 1000's of babies during the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 LOL! well I don't really blame ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Well is it normal to spot them during the DAY. Actually I think it was a summer afternoon, but me and friend had spotted several females and even played around with them before pulling out the ATV. I was always a nature buff so when I spotted a large female I called him over to look at saying "You know what this is" He was like "woah a black widow" "look there's another one over there, and over there" The sun was low enough that it was making the weeds glow and I swear it was like there was one large female per large weed.. A real WTF moment for me, but I was kinda poor back then so when he pulled out the ATV and said you wanna ride it I guess the kid me gave zero fucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 lol, that sounds fun all except the bite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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