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PoindexterOglethorpe

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20. I live in Santa Fe, NM, and black widow spiders are
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 11:51 PM
Jul 2019

somewhat common here.

Periodically I will see one and I cheerfully kill it immediately. Every time I see a FB post blissfully telling people to trap spiders and let them loose outside, I suggest they don't have black widows where they are.

Luckily for my I've never been bitten and don't seem to have a serious infestation, just the random spider.

I caught and released one from my laundry room about 20 years ago. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2018 #1
Thank you that is good to know. blur256 Nov 2018 #2
So Ivanka had come to visit? RHMerriman Nov 2018 #3
Lol blur256 Nov 2018 #5
My job is done... RHMerriman Nov 2018 #16
Google which smells spiders don't like (peppermint, eucalyptus, lemon I think) and spray around your fierywoman Nov 2018 #4
Thank You! blur256 Nov 2018 #6
Cinnamon ThingsGottaChange Nov 2018 #19
I think I would have to sell the house. A friend of mine got bit doc03 Nov 2018 #7
Yikes! blur256 Nov 2018 #11
I got bit by one once hermetic Nov 2018 #8
Dang! blur256 Nov 2018 #12
Nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure. LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #9
When I was a kid blur256 Nov 2018 #13
I got bit by Hobo spider 2naSalit Nov 2018 #10
Oh I have heard those are awful! blur256 Nov 2018 #14
Yeah, it was quite nasty as the 2naSalit Nov 2018 #18
I am afraid of spiders and have been ever since I was 8 and had hair that I could sit on. BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #15
Oh man those all sound awful! blur256 Nov 2018 #17
I live in Santa Fe, NM, and black widow spiders are PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #20
ive never found them to be herd animals..when i have found one i deal with it and get the.... samnsara Jul 2019 #21
Cleaning Your House Ovens1986 Sep 2019 #22
Destroy it micDROP Sep 2019 #23
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