Black Widows in Grapes....*PICS*

[morph]

Hey Boidkeeper they don't need to be introduced too Canada they already are here. There's loads of them around Victoria. Quite common in some areas actually.

Scott

[unknownclown]

I have always liked spiders and widows are my favorite they are so beautiful! Id keep them myself if I didnt have a 3 year old who gets into everything.

[Linds]

Very neat!

[Kyle Barker]

just thought i may piss ya off

Western Widow:


No red.... I also breed these. Rearing is super easy, in fact seperation isnt need for a while. I have watched time and time again babies eating off mommy's kill. I chuck a few large crickets in, mom does her thing, and babies go for dinner (often 10-15 babies per cricket)... They are way to interesting for their own good! They may be very toxic, but like Rm said hardly very dangerous. Very difficult to get them pissed, cept when mom has a sac goin.

[Cockroach]

Widows are awesome spiders, and I'm going to try to get one in the spring time. I've never seen a Widow that hasn't got an hourglass. Very nice pics .


laters,
Bill

[Oliverian]

That's so wierd! I thought they were everywhere up here in Canada. They're almost a pest in our house, as they always go into the hockey gear. I could go outside in my backyard in summer and find one or two just by looking around quickly. They're neat spiders though. Congrats on the find!
-TammyR

[Scales Zoo]

The widows in Saskatchewan have small red hour glasses, or sometimes just triangles, or a stripe. Very hard to get pictures of, I've got a few poor ones - others who've been out here have some good ones, and I suspect Vanan will make it a goal to take as many pictures of them in the spring as is humanly possible.

Ryan

[Emily-Fisher]

Geez, she is GORGEOUS!! Way to go.. now I want one too (Hah, like mom will ever let me bring one of those into the house... I'm allowed to keep pokies but not black widows. Hrrrmm..)
lol I really can't tell you how she pretty she is... words just aren't enough! Those pictures really took my breath away.
Mmmm... black widows...

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Originally posted by dank7oo
my dad used to work with the guy whose grapes it was in - lol

Oops, I just read this now.... Likely not this particular spider, I believe there have been 3 or 4 confirmed instances in Ontario. This girl never left the grocery store.
Cheers,
R

[skinheaddave]

Originally posted by Emily-Fisher
I'm allowed to keep pokies but not black widows. Hrrrmm..)

I wouldn't push this matter with evidence like Vernier's bite report, or you might very well be out the pokies.

Cheers,
Dave

[Removed_2815]

Well she has just created a giant egg sac! She is now half her original size! Crazy.....
Cheers,
R

[Kyle Barker]

have you ever watched them eat after laying? I swear you can see them fill up...its like blowing up a baloon.

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Originally posted by Kyle Barker
have you ever watched them eat after laying? I swear you can see them fill up...its like blowing up a baloon.

I'm watching her eat right now, it's unreal....
R

[Dom]

Awesome pics.. anyone have any pics of imature ones??

I have a nice little girl and also just wondering when they become jet black..

Tx
Dom

[Kyle Barker]

female finishing up her sac

Last of the babies. Usually they only have a little hole and come out 1 by 1 but a cricket wrecked the case. There are some unfertilised eggs in there too.

2nd shed

3 week (i think male) eating a roach.


Colour change happens at all different periods of time. They get darker at every shed, the faster they grow the faster they change.