i've ever seen.

in my kitchen doorway.
this morning.

OMG

pix?

Better you than me.
I am decidedly arachnaphobic. Unfortunately, my lines of work bring me into constant contact with the things.
Nothing makes my skin crawl more than that uniquely schitzoid web of the black widow.

They are indigenous to NC as well. 

I find them in the shed, under the LP gas tank, around the pond, and in some other places. The ones that freak me out are the ones close up to the house. 

yeah....they must die. 

We went camping one time in a state park and after returning home..... my wife got the lounge chair out to lay in the sun and a BW had built a nest with an egg sack in the chair.... I killed it. I fumigated the camper big time. A few days later, I went to the shed to get my bicycle out and saw a web on it...... I touched the web and it was a widow web. If you ever feel a widow's web, it looks and feels unlike any other spider's web. another BW had hitched a ride home in the bike frame. Fumigate the shed..... 

No mercy on the widow's I find.  They say there are brown recluses here too but I have not yet run across one of those. 

batsbrew


i've ever seen. 

Just worry about the ones you can't see
 
 
(says the bloke who lives in a country with no native venomous spiders )
 
 

be careful, they can eat you at night alive.

I usually try to rescue spiders from my house... The old trap them in a glass and slide a piece of paper under trick.  Not that they want to be put outside, mind you, but I don't want them in the house. This applies to most species...

Except Black Widows. They die immediately.

They are everywhere here, although lately, I've been reading about BROWN Widows (somewhat less poisonous to humans) taking over the territory.  It's been said that you are more likely to see a brown widow than a black widow now.  Except that I keep seeing Black ones.  Those dead biotches.

julibee


I usually try to rescue spiders from my house... The old trap them in a glass and slide a piece of paper under trick.  Not that they want to be put outside, mind you, but I don't want them in the house. This applies to most species...

{Note To Self} Avoid Chez Juilana.
 

Nah, you're safe.  The biggest glass I have is a Pint.