Saturday, February 16, 2008

Garden Hazards






While I was doing my garden chores on this warm February Saturday afternoon, I saw this creature come about 1 foot from my hand. I am not afraid of critters, but this one made me jump!!! Classic red hour glass shape on the abdomen of this Black Widow Spider. Of course I had to catch it and look at it for awhile. It was a good lesson in the hazards of gardening, if you aren't careful.

5 comments:

Gina said...

Holy crap that is creepy!!! What'd you do with it?

J Short said...

OH MY! I'm so glad it didn't get you! Last year, one of my best friends got a brown recluse in her bed which bit her four times and she ended up having to be ran to the ER. It was some seriously scary stuff. Her bites ended up swelling way up and were totally disgusting and caused her to be real sick and it was just overall terrible. I'm so glad nothing like that happened to you! I don't mind other bugs, but spiders always freak me out. I contribute that to the fact that I was scarred by that "Arachnophobia" movie! oh man! Scary!!

Dirty Fingernails said...

We have it still in that same glass on the porch. I have to think about what to do with it tomorrow. I really jumped back when I saw it and then yelled, quick get the camera and a glass to hold it in..

Shady Gardener said...

I wonder what you should do... can you really let it go? And you don't really want it "propagating!" Do you have an agriculture "extension service?" They are something we have in Iowa - related to Iowa State University. They answer all kinds of questions!

Bek said...

Wow! This one looks really huge. I don't think I would let it out and free. I could never go back to that area without fear it might get me the next time.