Black Widow Spider

So every body has heard of the black widow spider right? Well if you haven't it is black spider with a red hour glass on its abdomen like this:

Did you know that a black widow is more poisonous than a rattle snake. Eeeeekkkk!!! My mom is absolutely terrified of them and she has good reason. Black widows are known to be cannibals. the female will eat her mate some times. Once in a while my mom and I will go black widow hunting in the evening and we will find them in the cracks and crevasses in the brick wall. Black widows are nocturnal so evening is there favorite time. My mom's favorite weapons for hunting is either a flip flop or a can of spider spray. Black widow also have enemies too, the primantis is one that dines upon it and so do birds. Birds don't often pray on them because, the spiders poison gives them a tummy ache. Did you know that black widow venom is ten times more potent than the prairie rattle snake. Gulp!!!

If your wondering what the black widows web looks like it is a strong thick silk. I don't know if any of you have fed a spider or touched a spider web but it's soft and fragile. A black widows web is made of thick silk that is very strong. Strong enough to catch a big grasshopper. That brings up a story...One time I was out in my back yard which is black widow haven, and movement caught my eye. I looked down and saw a big fat grasshopper in a black widows web. I told mom and she killed it without letting me see it eat. Oh well...

My mom was looking at black widow symptoms which are that you can't feel and then head aches then death. gruesome right? The Spider bite of these beings feels like a pinprick. A person if bitten, experiences nausea, muscle ache and paralysis of the diaphragm which makes breathing difficult. In rare cases, bites can be fatal especially to small children or elderly people.The black widow generally eats mosquitoes, flies, beetles, caterpillars and grasshoppers. I know that this is really off topic but did you know that the primantis is the natural predator of the humming bird? Anyway, back to black widows. They are shy but when provoked they can bight fast.

Black widows are known to be canibals creepie right?