Posted by Ted on October 27, 2000, at 11:17:31
In reply to Ted, posted by laural on October 27, 2000, at 10:41:44
Laural,
> black widows are deadly,
Hence my job to eradicate them.
> and easy to bump into with just a flashlight.
They only come out at night. We once had one that lived under my mother's china hutch in the kitchen. Every morning there would be a big web under the chair next to it. It took me 2 weeks to kill it. Bug sprays don't work. Outside the house, I would kill up to 30 a night three times a week. They were everywhere -- in the tubes of lawn chairs, under rocks & boards, behind flower pots, in bags of charcoal, *inside* charcoal grills, etc. Anyplace that gave them a dark hiding place during the day.
> our house was infested with brown recluses.
Ick. We had those too, but they were uncommon. My brother got bit by one once -- lucky he got prompt treatment. A telephone worker in my home town got bit by one hiding in an outdoor wiring cabinet and ended up losing his forearm because he was too macho to get treatment.
>putting on shoes still unsettles me
I was told a story about a scorpion in a hiking boot once.... Well you get the idea. Eeeuuwww!
Ted
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