Solomon Homestead

Bugs around the homestead

Ok I know these aren't bugs....well two are arachnids the other is a Zebra butterfly.

Our two arachnids are southern black widow spiders. Male and female. Notice the red markings on both sides of the female....like the redback in Austrailia. Yes, my oldest came in this morning to inform me my middle son and the neigbor boy had LIVE black widow spiders!!! So I pick up my can of bug spray and go running. Luckily no one was harmed....other than the spiders. I don't normally kill spiders except poisonous ones and today there were too many children involved!!!  UGH! my son doesn't think. He does think every creature, especialy the harmful ones, are the most coolest critters on the earth!  

Back side of female

Underside of female...notice hourglass shape.

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{ 09:14 , Tuesday, August 12, 2008 } { Posted by morningsunshine }

i did not know the male black widow was brown! crazy