Arachnophobic don't laugh and please help!

[milehigh_7]

I can assure you black widows are not in your garden. They are typically in dark, damp places, and prefer to never be disturbed - hence basements and around siding, piles of wood and cardboard etc. I have never encountered one in a garden setting.

The tiny spiders you encountered most likely just hatched. They are called slings and are entirely harmless.

They are obviously beneficial. If you claim to have no fear of death it should be in your capacity to overcome this fear as well.

Well I should have taken a pic of momma out “in my garden” you obviously are not familiar with the desert southwest. They are everywhere here in our dark damp climate. lol

 

[milehigh_7]

As said elsewhere, get rid of the bugs and the spiders will go along. I have black widows all over. Found 2 last week, one came after me, she was in the reservoir of a self watering pot!

Oh hell naw…

 

[milehigh_7]

Nah, this is a striped bark scorpion. Most common scorpion in Texas. I've been stung once, when I put my shoes on. Hurts, swells, but mostly a bee sting.

Striped Bark Scorpion - Field Guide to Common Texas Insects

Common Name: Striped bark scorpion Scientific Name: Centruoides vittatus (Say) Order: Scorpionida Description: Scorpions are non-insect arthropods. Adults average about 2-3/8 inches (60 mm) in length, with the tail being longer in the males than in the females. Body color of adults varies from...

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We are home to 40+ species of scorpions in this hell hole of a state. We have a lovely little fella that can kill you here also called a bark scorpion. We actually have more people die for them than rattlesnakes.

 

[Calnicky]

I have more, and more spiders (luckily they are harmless here in Poland).

A picture from three days ago. They are all less than a millimeter long, but they make up in numbers

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I had a nest of those here on the Olympic Peninsula (2 hours outside of Seattle). They are common here - garden spiders. I let them be because they set up webs and eat tons of bugs. The nest slowly dispersed up the porch post, into the eaves, and out into the world. It was beautiful to watch (obviously, not to the arachnophobe).

 

[Calnicky]

Hummingbirds eat spiders (and anything else that's sized right). Set up some hummingbird feeders near your bonsai to attract them.

 

[gooeytek]

We are home to 40+ species of scorpions in this hell hole of a state. We have a lovely little fella that can kill you here also called a bark scorpion. We actually have more people die for them than rattlesnakes.

They taste like crab

 

[vesper818]

A car vacuum with long nozzle?

 

[Cajunrider]

They taste like crab

Not really. A bit nutty. Gobs of umami taste, much like crickets and grass hoppers.

 

[milehigh_7]

Hummingbirds eat spiders (and anything else that's sized right). Set up some hummingbird feeders near your bonsai to attract them.

I knew I loved hummingbirds!!!

 

[milehigh_7]

Strangely when I lived in Southern Colorado and we had the annual tarantula mating season it never bothered me even though they absolutely swarm on walls, sidewalk etc. it’s something about the shiny ones.

 

[ShadyStump]

Not really. A bit nutty. Gobs of umami taste, much like crickets and grass hoppers.

And we're all completely unsurprised that YOU are the one with this knowledge.
Good to know, though.

 

[rockm]

We are home to 40+ species of scorpions in this hell hole of a state. We have a lovely little fella that can kill you here also called a bark scorpion. We actually have more people die for them than rattlesnakes.

I used to live in AZ. Was warned back then that the small species are the ones to really worry about. Don't know if that's true though.

 

[Cajunrider]

I used to live in AZ. Was warned back then that the small species are the ones to really worry about. Don't know if that's true though.

The babies of the same species are more venomous than their parents.

 

[milehigh_7]

I used to live in AZ. Was warned back then that the small species are the ones to really worry about. Don't know if that's true though.

It's true, they are about an inch long and a very light tan that blends nicely with most carpets here. LOL

 

[Gabler]

It's true, they are about an inch long and a very light tan that blends nicely with most carpets here. LOL

You'd think the interior designers would learn.

 

[Carol 83]

We are home to 40+ species of scorpions in this hell hole of a state. We have a lovely little fella that can kill you here also called a bark scorpion. We actually have more people die for them than rattlesnakes.

Sounds like a lovely place to live.

 

[milehigh_7]

Sounds like a lovely place to live.

Come on down we have great bougs!

 

[Cajunrider]

Come on down we have great bougs!
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With scorpions hiding under the bougs.

 

[milehigh_7]

With scorpions hiding under the bougs.

Truth but you go out at night with a blacklight! This really is a thing I have a pretty fancy blacklight for just this purpose!

 

[Carol 83]

Truth but you go out at night with a blacklight! This really is a thing I have a pretty fancy blacklight for just this purpose!

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I can find other things to amuse myself.....