Forums46
Topics537,968
Posts9,731,176
Members87,051
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Big Black Widow
#7284120
09/12/18 02:32 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573
dlrz71
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573 |
Found a large spider web I suspected to be by a black widow in an old tire at my granddad's. I found me a grasshopper and tossed it in. Sure enough this big girl came out for her last meal One of the largest I have ever seen.
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284122
09/12/18 02:34 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 29,609
SapperTitan
Taking Requests
|
Taking Requests
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 29,609 |
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284125
09/12/18 02:36 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 19,244
TEXASLEFTY
THF Whiskey Sommelier
|
THF Whiskey Sommelier
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 19,244 |
Yep, I kill every one I see...
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284130
09/12/18 02:41 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 25
BuckImpson
Light Foot
|
Light Foot
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 25 |
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284133
09/12/18 02:41 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,862
HuntnFly67
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,862 |
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284137
09/12/18 02:44 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 29,609
SapperTitan
Taking Requests
|
Taking Requests
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 29,609 |
I put up a game cam once and 3 days later I checked it. Already had a black widow living behind it. I hate spiders.
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284139
09/12/18 02:45 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 22,716
BigPig
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 22,716 |
I had one in my welding helmet today. I was watching the puddle and could see it crawling, I thought it was outside the helmet. Once I stopped I could see it was inside. I stood up so fast I hit a metal bar on top of my head. Never found that damn spider
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284537
09/12/18 03:29 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,542
redchevy
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,542 |
I remember as a kid thinking they would kill you if bitten. Now I know that's not necessarily the case unless your allergic or something, but I find myself pondering how bad it is. Have them all over in the shop wood piles etc. and all the hell over at the ranch, just don't know if its a major thing or just like any other sting/bite.
It's hell eatin em live
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284551
09/12/18 03:36 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,694
krmitchell
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,694 |
Had one that size living in the electrical box at the last lease. Always felt like I was rolling the dice going to turn the power on at night when we got there. Never could kill that thing before it would retreat though an access hole.
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284553
09/12/18 03:38 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573
dlrz71
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573 |
My granddad has another place near Anson where he would take his fifth wheel and my mom said they were infested there to the point you would actually see several of them crawling around.
Last edited by dlrz71; 09/12/18 03:41 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: redchevy]
#7284556
09/12/18 03:39 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 6,135
landsurveyor
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 6,135 |
I remember as a kid thinking they would kill you if bitten. Now I know that's not necessarily the case unless your allergic or something, but I find myself pondering how bad it is. Have them all over in the shop wood piles etc. and all the hell over at the ranch, just don't know if its a major thing or just like any other sting/bite. Buddy got bit twice in the deer stand and hurried home not knowing if he should go to hospital or not. By the time he did get home roughly 2 hours his chest was tight and having trouble breathing similar to a heart attack with severe back pain accompanying. He did not go to the ER due to he read on the interweb that if you get the anti venom for the widow bite then the snake anti venom will not be effective on a snake bite. Symptoms lasted about 10 hours. I did not research the anti venom myself so not sure if that is true or not about it's effectiveness.
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: redchevy]
#7284559
09/12/18 03:42 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 5,294
8pointdrop
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 5,294 |
I remember as a kid thinking they would kill you if bitten. Now I know that's not necessarily the case unless your allergic or something, but I find myself pondering how bad it is. Have them all over in the shop wood piles etc. and all the hell over at the ranch, just don't know if its a major thing or just like any other sting/bite. Had a nasty welp after getting stung while camping by what I thought was a scorpion in my bed role. After 2 days the whelp was still about the same size, was tender as heck, and had a small yellow head on it. Went to have it looked at, kind of afraid it might have been a brown recluse. Doc said he suspected black widow since there was no signs of dead or dying tissue like from a brown recluse bite. A steroid shot and a week of antibiotics, good as new. Doc said most healthy adults that aren’t Allergic to the venom of black widows don’t have much to worry about.
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7284590
09/12/18 04:05 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 3,568
garyrapp55
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 3,568 |
We used to have a Fiddleback problem at our place in East Texas. Started spraying this stuff every coupla months. The only spiders/bugs we see now in the house are dead. I use it in the shed too for wasps, takes longer to kill than that $4 per can aerosol stuff but if you spray the usual nesting areas ahead of time, you have a lot less of em. Get it at the feed store, amazon, or ebay. https://controlsolutionsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/Specimen-Viper-53883-27.pdf
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7285071
09/13/18 12:04 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 2,823
RattlesnakeDan
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 2,823 |
I got bit by a Brown Recluse on the forearm. It was ugly, rotting flesh running down my arm day after day. Just kept changing the gauze a lot and about 3 weeks later it was down to about a silver dollar size. I prayed alot and didn't have insurance so no DR. Had a couple nurse friends that begged me to get shots but it healed up fine over time.
Just like Jesus, sometimes you gotta kill some hogs. Lone Star Mesquite . com RattleSnake Dan's Shredding Service
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7285120
09/13/18 01:09 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,525
SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,525 |
Trophy size one.....
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
|
|
|
Re: Big Black Widow
[Re: dlrz71]
#7285134
09/13/18 01:19 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,795
dogcatcher
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,795 |
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|