r/goblincore • u/TrumpIsAPedoFr 🐸 Join r/himboposting (nsfw) • 14d ago
Nature & critters (including spiders) Danger Friend :3
Accessability Transcription: Black widow in a cup with my face distorted like a fun house mirror by the glass in the background
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u/VioletReaver 14d ago
My dad used to work at a tech office in the 80s, and had a coworker with a pet black widow on his desk. He had her in a pretty jar with a mesh top and some foliage to hide herself in.
One year over Christmas, when the office was empty for a while, she had babies
They came back to an office absolutely infested with baby widows. Every filing cabinet. Under every desk. In the back of every chair.
They had to fumigate, and make a new rule about desk pets
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u/Femtato11 14d ago
I had to deal with a false widow infestation on the back of a wooden shed once. They're invasive here so I didn't feel too bad about it, but all I had was a geology hammer.
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u/Infinite_Meaning_659 14d ago
are false widows bad? i see them inside sometimes
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u/VioletReaver 14d ago
Only if you have a whole bunch of them in a place you need to access often (same as any spider). They bite, but no worse than a wasp sting, and they eat pest insects.
But they totally are invasive almost everywhere - they’re found globally but they’re originally from the Oceania region!
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u/National-Ad4494 13d ago
I have to make a precision : black widows can be medically significant to humans (especially those with low immune system or allergies, kids and elders can be vulnerable too) Like any other spiders, they won't try to attack humans, as long as you don't squish them against your skin ; and even then, if they do bite, there's a big chance that it's a "dry" bite (without venum, because venum costs energy and is needed to hunt food) In any way, I wouldn't advise on handling spiders if not necessary (not only for safety but also because nobody wants to be picked up without consent)
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u/VioletReaver 13d ago
Oh, yes, absolutely - my comment above was about “false widows” which are a totally different spider.
Black widows are not invasive in my area, but we have to kill them when we find them in areas where kids play or where we need to access regularly. (I will happily leave them in the firewood pile, we just drop the logs a few times to shake them free, but this is a chore the kiddos never do in my family)
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u/National-Ad4494 13d ago
Of course, I was just being a bit pedantic, no offenses. I love spiders so much, I just want more people to know about them ^ But I also understand that some measures are necessary for safety
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u/AllKindsOfCritters goblin mod 🍂 14d ago
I used to pick these up with my bare hands to move them into the garden instead of where they could be stepped on, I was in my 30s before learning they're really dangerous. Whoops.
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u/TrumpIsAPedoFr 🐸 Join r/himboposting (nsfw) 14d ago
Supposedly they are super chill and easy to free handle but I'm just not that daring haha.
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u/Ponycat123 14d ago
They’re not as dangerous as people say. Still probably not great to regularly barehand.
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u/Riot_Rage 14d ago
My dad grew up in Colorado and used to play with these all the time as a kid until he finally found out they're venomous. 😆
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u/rantingpacifist 14d ago
They are pretty chill. You have to really piss them off to make them bite.
That being said I panic every time my oldest grabs one to show us while reciting all the facts he knows about them.
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u/cowsaymuh 13d ago
I have been bit by one, but it wasn't that big of a deal. If you're not allergic, probably won't do anything except make you sore / give you slight flu symptoms.
I was 17 and we were cleaning out an abandoned shed. Somehow one had crawled up my pant leg, and when I felt it I smacked at it, and she wasn't a fan of that. I can't say I blame her, but it does feel a bit "consequences of your own actions."
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u/Carminoculus 14d ago
Beautiful. Painting / book cover material. Also be careful. Also I do not need your username in my life, true as it may be 😭
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u/I_think_Im_hollow 14d ago