Hanging by the pool

[TrackeySauresRex]

I'm guessing I have the pool to myself the rest of the summer. The wife fliped out when she saw the close up.



It's the first one I ever saw.

[renegade19]

Killed one on my pool a couple years ago.  First one I'd ever seen too.  Wonder if it's the water?

[Bob Giese]

kill several here every year....I hate the dadburn things

[GobbleNut]

Here in the southwest, black widows are very common.  Fortunately, they are also very reclusive and we rarely see them,..unless we go looking for them, then they are usually easy to find.  Their webs are very distinctive, so it's easy to know where they are.  Seems like we used to have a lot more of them around.  In the last few years, I see them less and less often. 

As many of them as we have, hardly anyone ever gets bitten by them,...or at least we never hear about it.  They are ominous-looking little devils, but the fear people have of them is over-stated.  We get along fine with them and they catch a lot of bugs. 

[DirtNap647]

keep them all don't wana see them

[lightsoutcalls]

They like the firewood stack around my house.  They DON'T like an aerosol can and a lighter.

[redarrow]

They like the firewood stack around my house.  They DON'T like an aerosol can and a lighter.

That's what I'm talking about.

[TrackeySauresRex]

  Their webs are very distinctive, 

That, I did not know. When I was taking the photos I said to myself,thats a crazy looking web. Now I know.
Thanks
B-Well
Johnny

[RutnNStrutn]

They are all over the place down here in FLA.

[M Sharpe]

We see them all the time here in GA in telephone pedestals. They love cement blocks too.

[flintlock]

There would be a snickers bar in the pool!!!  YIKES