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Who's brave enough to look at this photo of a black widow in my back yard?
It's late summer, and the black widows are active in my back yard. Here in the Southwest, they are common. They love sheltered rocky areas to live in.
This one is not real big. Her abdomen is about 6mm around. About the size of a .75 0EC! I had to throw that in! I'm sure she will grow larger if I leave her alone. They are not aggressive, and will run away if you get close to them or poke at their web with a stick. Really, she's just doing her thing, waiting to catch a meal.
There are lots more around the yard. There are also brown widows. They are various shades of brown and tan with stripes on their bodies. They also have the hourglass shape on their underside, but it is light colored.
Now being this is the high desert, not many folks have grass in their yards. Landscaping is mostly gravel, rocks, and cactus-like native plants. So we are careful of sticking our hands in potted plants, etc. And we are not running around the yard in bare feet!
Anyway, here she is.
It's late summer, and the black widows are active in my back yard. Here in the Southwest, they are common. They love sheltered rocky areas to live in.
This one is not real big. Her abdomen is about 6mm around. About the size of a .75 0EC! I had to throw that in! I'm sure she will grow larger if I leave her alone. They are not aggressive, and will run away if you get close to them or poke at their web with a stick. Really, she's just doing her thing, waiting to catch a meal.
There are lots more around the yard. There are also brown widows. They are various shades of brown and tan with stripes on their bodies. They also have the hourglass shape on their underside, but it is light colored.
Now being this is the high desert, not many folks have grass in their yards. Landscaping is mostly gravel, rocks, and cactus-like native plants. So we are careful of sticking our hands in potted plants, etc. And we are not running around the yard in bare feet!
Anyway, here she is.
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