Monday, November 16, 2009

And Now For Something Completely Different

In a large family when two or more conversing adults are gathered together many small children will surround the adults and speak loudly preventing all intelligent conversation. It is guaranteed or your children back.

Top ten reasons to hunt Black Widows

10. These spiders lay 200 eggs at a time and they are not permanently moving to my neighborhood.
9. Small children gravitate to places these spiders love
8. It is a great excuse to remove all the trash from the yard
7. There is no time like the present to give that garage a good clean
6. I want to organise my garden stuff and put it all in sealed plastic bags
5. fingers boy I like those fingers
4. It is like this terrible wild life safari except the wild poisonous animal lives in your home.
3. think of the children
2.Vacuuming them little critters is fun
1. It is a great excuse to clean the whole house!

Black Widows

It was a beautiful day outside today. A beautiful day to hunt and kill Black Widows. Did you know not all Black Widows are black some are a creamy brown with black knees.
Here are a few sites that tell a lot about the spiders:
http://cecalaveras.ucdavis.edu/bwidow.htm
http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/IPM/BrownWidow.htm
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.skysight.net/cgi-bin/genesis/web_pages/BeeyondSight/Weird_Nature/black_widow_nest.JPG&imgrefurl=http://beeyondsight.xanga.com/617121137/item/&h=408&w=500&sz=65&tbnid=RU-VhC3UqKdUuM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblack%2Bwidow%2Bnest%2Bpictures&usg=__wjQ4JSGN3-kKxcn9BHSuSwkDawk=&ei=QTcCS5LzMJO4lAfd3u3kAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&ved=0CAkQ9QEwAA
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Danior-36314-Daane-Black-widow-spiders-CTGC-2007-as-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/

Identifying their web is important. They make funny messy webs. If you teach your kids what to look for you can prevent the bite.

I am so glad to learn there is a treatment for black Widow bites. It is better to be safe than sorry. Call your doctor or visit the emergency room if you suspect a bite.