OMG Black Widows... another few days for the bug guy

[Sirrahsim]

So I finally called the maintenance man today to come and fix our screen door that has been off of the track for months now. As he approached the door he reached out for it and then pulled back quickly asking me if I knew about the spider egg sacs that were hanging along the outside track of the door. I told him that yes, I knew they were there but I left them be because they were outside where they belonged. He then informed me that they were black widow egg sacs He took the screen door across the yard to blast out with a hose and said that he saw hundreds of baby Black Widows go running off into the yard. He then took spider spray and drenched the track of the door and chased out big Momma Black Widow. She was huge and terrifying and thankfully is now dead as a doornail. He said that the spray won't kill the egg sacs but their bug guy will come out first thing in the morning on TUESDAY! He is out of town now I called the office and they said that they would try to get him to come back into town on Monday but that is all that they could promise right now.

That is the last time that I will just leave a spider sac alone. I don't care if it is outside. That big Momma could have easily done SERIOUS harm to either of my boys or Boomer.... Please think of us and send us some positive thoughts that we don't have any inside the house and that they can come out and take care of the problem very very soon!!!

[Freedom]

UGH! I have chills from reading this. I wouldn't have known what those looked like either. Good hting he came over (finally!)

[jennielynn1970]

Holy crap! I think I would be residing in a hotel till they were done and gone! I am so not one for spiders, but a black widow, and hundreds of baby ones...


Ok, now I feel all itchy!!!

[crow_noir]

So glad you're OK.

I'd trade you for a Black Widow any day though over these Yellow Sac spiders! We have them everywhere and can't eradicate them. They're supposedly worse than Brown Recluses. I know they've given me the creeps since the very first time I've seen one. (That was years ago and I only just recently found out about them being so dangerous.) I don't normally kill spiders (not even Black Widows... Despite what the authorities will say, YES we DO have them in MI,) but i don't waste a second in squishing Y.S.S.

[jackie]

Yuck! Can't you just squish the egg sacks?

That is sooo creepy!

[moosmom]

Eeeewwww!!!! I'm glad he was able to identify the egg sacs and hopefully the problem will be taken care of quickly.

Love the name Big Mama!!

[IRescue452]

Ewww. I'd be creeped out too. I don't think they bite too often, but hundreds of them certainly increases your chances.

There are 31 species recognized in the black widow's genus. They live in just about every country in the world, including Canada. So yep, Michigan has them.

[Sirrahsim]

Thankfully only the mature females are dangerous. The babies and the males are harmless to humans but I still don't want them around my family!!

[Jods]

Has anyone come to spray?

[Sirrahsim]

The bug guy is out of town.... He'll be here first thing tuesday morning at the latest. The maintenance guy sprayed the area really well before he left and killed at least two big ones...

Ugh

[shais_mom]

**shudders**
I'm not a spider fan - I'm glad you got rid of them thus far and hope the bug guy can blast them away...

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

OMG, I would be so scared to death!! All spiders, even the tiny ones, make me scream like a lunatic.... ; I think I would never dare to go back into my house for at least a year....

[Riptide]

Hah. We have so many Black Widows around our yard, it's insane. And the egg sacs are huge as well >.< Kinda gross, if you ask me. But I suppose if you live in the desert, you get used to all of its creepy critters

Next time you encounter an egg sac, spray it with hairspray and light it on fire. It does the trick! ^_^

[Sirrahsim]

Next time you encounter an egg sac, spray it with hairspray and light it on fire. It does the trick! ^_^

I think I'll stick with having hubby knock them down and crush them.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I think I'll stick with having hubby knock them down and crush them.

oh gosh oh gosh, thinking about that sound, makes me shiver all over....! I think I am out of here