Hey Elon, can I get one of those flamethrowers?

"phenotyp" (phenotyp)
07/24/2018 at 13:55 • Filed to: Can I get a flamethrower up in here?, spiderlopnik

So, there’s pretty much zero chance that this isn’t a black widow, right? Just found her, freshly dead, in my studio. Only spider that’s ever given me the jibblies.

Now I’m going to be paranoid forever. Thanks, nature.

DISCUSSION (26)

AestheticsInMotion > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:00

I'll donate to that gofundme

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:04

Don’t let it put your eggs inside you

Kinja'd!!!

phenotyp > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
07/24/2018 at 14:08

I already have visions of a million baby black widows hiding out somewhere in here.

PS9 > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:09

Kinja'd!!!

Sorry, man. I loved your drawings but the stakes are too high. When the city you lived it gets rebuilt (provided there are no more spiders and no more space lasering will be required), you will be immortalized in statue form. Your sacrifice has been greatly appreciated.

Cash Rewards > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:13

Where do you live? Asking so I can make sure I never go there

DipodomysDeserti > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:26

Body looks too long to be a black widow and the hou r glass should be on the bottom of the abdomen. Here’s one from my work room for comparison. Black widows are great for non toxic pest management. I never get them in my house. They’re perfectly content to hunt outside.

Kinja'd!!!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:27

There is zero chance this was a black widow.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > DipodomysDeserti
07/24/2018 at 14:29

I love black widows. I just keep track of them and let them do their business eating all the bugs outside and in disused places.

They do like woodpiles, so just look before you grab or wear gloves. I’ve never actually had a problem with one, even carrying them around bare-handed, but I knew they were there.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:37

I went into the attic one time and found a huge mama one on the topside of my kid’s fan. I smashed it then fell out of the attic. No Bueno.

user314 > phenotyp
07/24/2018 at 14:39

Tough to tell, especially not knowing where you are, but I think you’ve got a red-spotted ant-mimic there .

phenotyp > DipodomysDeserti
07/24/2018 at 14:42

Kinja'd!!!

There was red on both the dorsal and ventral sides of the abdomen. I didn’t get a shot of the ventral, though.

phenotyp > user314
07/24/2018 at 14:45

Nah, definitely not an ant mimic. For ref, I’m in Austin TX. I cranked up the contrast on the phone pic. Shiny black, with the long, spindly front and back legs.