Originally Posted by
mamagrande
I had so many spider webs on the front and back porch..yesterday I spent most of the day washing them off. Then I spray insecticide all around the porches. This morning I saw several black widows dead on the front porch. We have rocks on the sides of the porch and they build their nests in between the rocks. I intentionally spray on those rocks and crannies several times a year. The webs of black widows are very strong and they differ from other spiders webs.
I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, and black widows were so common, we played with them with sticks. Never occurred to me to be worried. However, my sister was very afraid of spiders and would not get into bed at night without turning back each layer of the covers and turning out the pillowcase to make sure there was not one in her bed. From her I learned to fear spiders, but now we are friends again, as long as they stay in their area and out of mine. LOL