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Anonymous
Hey, my first time in /an/. I recently got a bug book and have been giving it a little read through. Well, there's this beautiful spider in the corner of my living room that I just took the time to identify. And y'know, I think I could've done it without the bug book. Most definitely a black widow.

I'm fine with that. I can dig having a black widow around in an area where it's not going to bug anyone. The problem is the extra circumstances. Y'see, it was sharing it's living space with another spider, this one a house spider, and the two were separated by a good 7 feet but had interlocking webs. I thought the house spider was a juvenile black widow for a while, but after I captured it and gave it a looking over I'm pretty sure it's just a house spider.

The problem is that there's a nice big pear shaped eggsack smack dab betwixt the two webs. Both species lay a pear shaped eggsack and both species weave intermittent webs. So, are these Black Widow babies or House Spider babies? That's my problem. More important /an/, what should I do about it?
>> Anonymous
I had a roomate during my slovenly college days who didn't want to help me get rid of our fruit fly infestation because he'll rationalize any sort of animal saving he can. He told me to try and think of the flies as "pets" Two days later I had trapped them all. Later he he brought some stray kittens from the shelter where he worked and let them stink up the place like crazy with their litter box in our 80 living room.
>> Anonymous
>>311664
80 degree living room.
>> Anonymous
personally. I'd catch the widow in a jar and place it lid down. They build the webs up at the top. And this way you can feed her without getting bitten.

destroy the eggs and kill the other spider. Then once or twice over your whole house for more. Don't wanna bump into them on accident.
>> Anonymous
It is perfectly safe to play with it. They are quite affectionate, try picking it up! It should be fun.
>> Anonymous
I'm a spider-lover too, but like the others have said, there's defiantly a line you need to draw. That black widow could seriously hurt you or your pets. If you can I recommend catching both of them and putting them outside away from your home. Destroy the egg sack as well, or move it along with the spiders. If you let it hatch, you're going to have a very deadly infestation on your hands.