Brown Widows!!!

[shakey gizzard]

http://news.yahoo.com/black-widow-sp...134626496.html

[RBM]

According to your article they have been in FL since 1935. I have seen more of them than Black Widows and they DO like to spin their webs under outdoor chairs and tables. I frequently spray them on underside of chairs and tables. I would not want to test the article's theory that their bite is not as bad as the Black Widow.

[NG ALUM]

I had to have my garage sprayed for brown widows last year in Dublin. When the pest control guy came he verified thats what it was. This year I have black widows!! I have already killed four under there! I got to get him back out there.

[rvick]

we used to find them under cars that had been parked for a while. choke cleaner spray will take care of them. picked up one of the kids bike by the seat & had a black widow crawl out on my finger. knew of one old timer who never saw a dr. in his life until he was bitten by a black widow.

[Lukikus2]

Never heard of brown widows until I moved to Florida and found them, with hour glass and all, except brown. The article is misleading about they don't inhabit dwellings. Garages are magnets for them just as outdoor furniture.

I've never been bit by a black widow but a brown widow got me on the top of the foot down here. Within hours it puffed up all white and about the size of a pencil eraser. That night I scratched it in bed and the next morning it was a gaping hole about twice the size. I kept neosporin and band aides on it for two weeks with no sign of progress. Walking in the surf for three days finally dried it up, but it was still over a month before it healed over.

[Washington95]

Saw a strange looking egg case one day in a fig bush; had little spikes all around it, made of web. Never saw the spider, but read later that this was how the brown widow's egg case looks???
Have lots of BWs, but have never seen the brown version. Probably here though.

[Washington95]

At local health dept other day, saw 3-4 of those spiky egg cases in a window. Didn't see spider though. Maybe after dark.

[rjcruiser]

They are here in Newton County. I've only seen one, but it was at a church I used to attend. Outside between the AC unit and the building. Just like others have said...exact same characteristics of a black widow, only brown. The brown was more of a matte brown, the abdomen was not near as shiny as that of a black widow....but it had the red hourglass and the web was the same messy web as well.

[dawg2]

Been seeing Browns for a long time. Their egg sac is round and spiky. They usually run if you get near them. They are pretty shy. But yes, they like outdoor furniture, cracks, holes, crevaces, anywhere they can retreat and hide...even shoes

[fishfryer]

Here at home we have both Southern and Northern strains of Black Widows,and Brown Widows also. Our outbuildings are well stocked with spiked,and unspiked egg sacks. Whenever we move an object on the ground, we give it at least a quick look to see if it has a resident.

[BriarPatch99]

Spent three days last week and today at the doctor office ... wife got bit on the big toe/foot joint by a Brown Recluse.... still looks like it is going to rot off...

I know ... wrong Brown...

[fishfryer]

Originally Posted by BriarPatch99

Spent three days last week and today at the doctor office ... wife got bit on the big toe/foot joint by a Brown Recluse.... still looks like it is going to rot off...

I know ... wrong Brown...

That's terrible,my prayers for her.

[BriarPatch99]

ER this past Sunday ... Dr. again tomorrow ...

It is looking better .... if you can call a hole in your foot better!

Thanks for the prayers...

[Buck Nasty]

Saw a Brown Widow this past weekend for the 1st time...although I never knew they existed until recently.

[Washington95]

And if all that isn't bad enough, I saw spider the other day on gate to chicken coup that was hiding under some hardware. Looked like black widow so I ran it out to look at it. Had a body like black widow but a red stripe up it's back. And I've seen other black spiders that looked like black widows that had different colors on their backs. My bet is that they're either immature of other color phases. There aren't many other shiny abdomen spider that look like black widows. I've killed hundreds of them around my yard, especially soon after I built a home in/near the woods.

[Artfuldodger]

Originally Posted by Washington95

Saw a strange looking egg case one day in a fig bush; had little spikes all around it, made of web. Never saw the spider, but read later that this was how the brown widow's egg case looks???
Have lots of BWs, but have never seen the brown version. Probably here though.

Brown widow eggs look like a round sand spur. I've seen spiky eggs in a web between trees in the open woods. I moved one out of the way and one of the spikes stuck me in the hand. They look like little sea shells. I've never found out what kind of spider makes them.
Below is a link to what Brown widow eggs look like:
http://www.badspiderbites.com/images...pike-eggs1.jpg

[fishfryer]

Originally Posted by Washington95

And if all that isn't bad enough, I saw spider the other day on gate to chicken coup that was hiding under some hardware. Looked like black widow so I ran it out to look at it. Had a body like black widow but a red stripe up it's back. And I've seen other black spiders that looked like black widows that had different colors on their backs. My bet is that they're either immature of other color phases. There aren't many other shiny abdomen spider that look like black widows. I've killed hundreds of them around my yard, especially soon after I built a home in/near the woods.

Those are southern strain black widows. Google it up.

[NCHillbilly]

Haven't seen a brown widow here yet, but we sure have plenty of black widows.

[Buck Nasty]

Originally Posted by fishfryer

Those are southern strain black widows. Google it up.

Brown Widows also have the same looking egg sacks.

[Artfuldodger]

The spiny things i recalled as being eggs were actually spiders. They are called Spined Micrathena. We walked down a trail in a state park and they were all over the place. I asked several rangers about them and they had never seen them.
Quote: Micrathena spiders occur across the U.S. and Canada and into the American tropics. The females are characterized by spines or bumps on their abdomens that give them an angular appearance. These projections--quite sharp in some species--once drew our blood when a spiny-back spider dropped onto our neck.
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030815.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spined_Micrathena