Black Widow Spiders
I’m not sure if it has something to do with the wet weather we had in the early part of summer or what, but we have seen a very large number of black widow spiders this year! And I really am not too fond of the little creatures!
My wife came in house this morning with her camera in hand and said, “you’ve got to come take a picture of this cool spider web out in the shop”. So I grabbed my camera and tripod and head out there. Sure enough, there is this really strange, multi-dimensional spider web connected to some gardening tools. And the sunlight was coming through the window and hitting it just right to create a really eerie looking design.
So I snapped a few pictures and kept looking at them to see if I got the shot I wanted. Finally in one of the pictures I see this spider which I hadn’t noticed in the others? So I peer into the web to see this fine specimen of a black widow! As much as I dislike spiders, I have to admit that the black widow is pretty. Shiny black with that unmistakable red “hourglass” shape on the bottom.
As I said…they’re pretty, but I’m afraid I can’t tolerate their existence in my space. This one met it’s demise soon after the photo-shoot. I apologize in advance to any arachno-lovers out there, (sorry…don’t know what the official term is for a spider lover).
I’m certain thats not the last one of these little beasts I’ll see this year. Hopefully we can keep our distance from each other and everything will be fine!
