# Black widow spiders found in WNY
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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 11, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450 "2005-11-11T07:21:51Z")
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### Author:  [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/1 "2005-11-11T07:21:51Z")
:ohnoes:
Nov 11, 2005 - They’re small in size - but they pack a powerful bite. Black widow spiders have crept into western New York.
So far, 7 News has only heard of one recent case where the dreaded black widow spider has shown up in western New York. Because it’s so unusual to find them here – 7 News asked a zoologist to make a positive identification.
Clemmons Clarence recently found not one, but three black widow spiders in his garage.
“Upon flipping it upside down, I discovered her in one of these small wells,” said Clarence. “Her eggs as well. There were four of them.”
Each sack contains 25 to 900 eggs.
A pile of kindling was home to one of the other spiders, which is not unusual except for the fact they’re not indigenous to America’s northeast. They’re easily identified by a red spot.
“There are six spices found throughout the United States and through Canada, but they’re most commonly found in the southwest and southeast,” said Jarod Miller, a zoologist. “They’re a spider that prefers a warmer clement.”
“I’m not sure if it actually came in with the wood,” said Miller. “It was cut locally, it was purchased locally. It is alarming to find.”
Equally alarming is the bite of the black widow, considered to be the most venomous spider in the U.S.
“The initial response is going to be intense pain,” said Miller. “An area where ever the bite was is going to be extremely painful, feeling a burning sensation. They’re venom is very toxic.”
In fact, 10 to 15 times more toxic than some rattle snakes - a very powerful bite considering the black widow is only one gram in size. So, the next time you’re hauling wood into the house be sure to examine it closely.
“I’m very careful,” said Clarence. “In looking over the wood prior to bringing it into my home.”
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/2 "2005-11-11T07:35:00Z")
6 spices?
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### Author:  [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/3 "2005-11-11T07:36:10Z")
I saw that one too, haha… Are they like different flavored spiders?
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### Author:  [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/4 "2005-11-11T07:39:31Z")
brown recluse \> black widow
I’ve seen black widows and it didnt really bother me, but brown recluses scare the hell out of me. i would much rather be bit by a black widow, and yes brown recluses are in NY too
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/5 "2005-11-11T07:40:38Z")
brown recluse \> black widow…
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/6 "2005-11-11T07:42:50Z")
> [@krazyjon](#):
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> brown recluse \> black widow…
Lets get one of each and make them fight.
Isn’t it rare that brown recluse spiders actually bite people?
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/7 "2005-11-11T07:43:32Z")
man, I hate spiders… so creepy
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### Author:  [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/8 "2005-11-11T07:43:41Z")
zzz brown recluse can’t even puncture your skin
although if it climbed up your rectum you’d have some serious issues
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/9 "2005-11-11T07:45:31Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> zzz brown recluse can’t even puncture your skin
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> although if it climbed up your rectum you’d have some serious issues
what if you put it there on purpose?
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### Author:  [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/10 "2005-11-11T07:47:55Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> zzz brown recluse can’t even puncture your skin
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> although if it climbed up your rectum you’d have some serious issues
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yes, no one ever gets fucked up from a brown recluse :cjerk:
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### Author:  [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/11 "2005-11-11T07:48:04Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> zzz brown recluse can’t even puncture your skin
No? I’ve seen pictures of their bites.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/12 "2005-11-11T07:48:45Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> what if you put it there on purpose?
haha if you’re putting spiders in your anus then you most definitly have problems lol
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### Author:  [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/13 "2005-11-11T07:50:28Z")
you guys are all retards, the accidents from brown recluse arent from bites
its from injesting them or forcing them into your anus or attempting to tickle someone else with their scratchy limbs
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### Author:  [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/14 "2005-11-11T07:50:47Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> zzz brown recluse can’t even puncture your skin
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> although if it climbed up your rectum you’d have some serious issues
that odd…
because i know someone who was bit by one
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/15 "2005-11-11T07:55:25Z")
> [@Deuce](#):
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> that odd…
> because i know someone who was bit by one
was it your cousins, friends, brothers, mom?
lol just kidding
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/16 "2005-11-11T07:57:53Z")
i say kill all spiders. ugh i hate them
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/17 "2005-11-11T07:59:42Z")
hahah
you guys will fight about anything huh?
Its a simple google search away.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/18 "2005-11-11T08:07:35Z")
ummm sureshot…i dunno where you get your info from…but check it again…the Daddy longleg is quite poisonous, but cant puncture your skin. The Brown Recluse on the other hand CAN! its the second deadliest spyder in the united states (second to the black widow). I have a friend that lived in florida for a few years…you can tell him that the pit in his left leg mid thigh is from “injesting” a spyder. The venom from the Brown Recluse desalves flesh, it totally breaks down the cells. There was a woman that lives by me that got bit, almost lost her ENTIRE arm! their bad little mother fuckers.
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### Author:  [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/19 "2005-11-11T08:13:10Z")
Black Widows scare the shit out of me. When I was in California, my uncles house was infested with them. He’s an idiot though, and pretty much lets EVERYTHING infest it. That scumbag.
Anyways… my aunt got bit by one when she was little and she almost died. She was in the hospital for like 2 weeks I think she said
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### Author:  [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-widow-spiders-found-in-wny/4450/20 "2005-11-11T08:13:51Z")
dumbas :shakeshead:
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