[3TailsWaggin]

A woman my mom knows got a bite from a Brown Recluse ... it was in the flake of hay she threw to her horse. She ended up having to have her pinky and ring finger and part of her hand amputated. They are horrible spiders.

I'm afraid of all spiders and am very leery of picking up anything outside (or in for that matter). We have TONS of Black Widow spiders here.

 

[dogtaur]

Black widows are numerous here too. Everytime we move, my SO kills dozens of them in the garage.

 

[sloigo]

Yup they are every where around where I live. Some of the wooded areas are really bad.

 

[c17wife]

My aunts ex boyfriend got bit by one in Fla.. He doesnt have a heel on his left foot anymore.

 

[rubbertoes]

yuck .

 

[Allie]

They are very common around here too, as are black widows. I have seen a few and it is hard to sometimes "see" the fiddle on the back--if it doesn't look like a wolf spider, I kill them, even though I hate to do it. The problem with brown recluses and black widows is that they tend to nest in more hidden places. If I have outside shoes, I always shake them, and I try to be on the alert with stuff in the garage. We had a spare tire sitting in the driveway, and I turned it over to move it and there was a black widow the size of a quarter on the other side! I am more scared of widders then the recluses, just because I am scared of my little dogs being bitten.

 

[duckbnot]

Daddy Long LegsDaddy Long Legs?? Thats the labrador of spiders compared to some of these others mentioned. :angel:

 

[LarrytheLab]

We have TONS of Black Widow spiders here.

We do??!! EUGH.
(I'm in Charleston)