Found on Saturday, nestled in between our front door and the screen: a black widow. I just thought it was a spider, and wanted it removed on principle. Ned recognized it as a black widow, because of the red spots (visible in this photo) and a check with Google and National Geographic (see here) confirms. We'll let you guess who was the super-brave half of Team Mitchell. One of us walked around the house to open the screen door and stood outside repeating, "Did you get it? Did you get it?" The other one of us braved the black widow and knocked the spider and its web outside into the garden using a broom. As creepy as it was, we just couldn't bear to kill it. That is, we couldn't bear to kill it until (1) we watched the National Geographic video and (2) after giving it a free pass, it re-appeared in our doorway on Monday. Then we killed it, with no qualms.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Halloween arrives early
Found on Saturday, nestled in between our front door and the screen: a black widow. I just thought it was a spider, and wanted it removed on principle. Ned recognized it as a black widow, because of the red spots (visible in this photo) and a check with Google and National Geographic (see here) confirms. We'll let you guess who was the super-brave half of Team Mitchell. One of us walked around the house to open the screen door and stood outside repeating, "Did you get it? Did you get it?" The other one of us braved the black widow and knocked the spider and its web outside into the garden using a broom. As creepy as it was, we just couldn't bear to kill it. That is, we couldn't bear to kill it until (1) we watched the National Geographic video and (2) after giving it a free pass, it re-appeared in our doorway on Monday. Then we killed it, with no qualms.
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Just the thought sends chills to my bones (even though I live with Clementine.)
ReplyDeleteYikes! Make sure you look inside your shoes that you don't wear too often... or clothes, I would be freaking out!
ReplyDeleteWe find them frequently too. Watch out for your mailbox! Martin rule: all spiders must die!
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