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    Brown Widow Spiders Are Obsessed With Me

    June 2, 2011 by Jenn 8 Comments

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    Last year, my husband and I were sitting on the front porch on our cute little bistro set...and we noticed a rather large spider web built beneath the last rung on the table. For a few months, we basically ignored it. We live in Miami, Florida, and there are tons of spiders everywhere. No biggie.

    Until my husband actually SAW the spider one day. No, I should say, until he saw what KIND of spider it was one day.

    It was a brown widow spider.

    GAH! I had no idea that brown widow spiders were around here...needless to say, hubs squashed it. And then he squashed all of the egg sacks.

    Yes, I said ALL of the egg sacks, because there were FOUR of them. Yuck.

    So, you can imagine my disdain when I was sitting on my front porch this afternoon and noticed there was a new cobweb on my bistro set. Yup. You guessed it. Another brown widow spider.

    I am not squeamish by an measure, but this just creeps me out. Knowing that a little insect, with a body less than a quarter of an inch in diameter, could bite me and actually cause me unimaginable physical pain...well, it makes me want to stomp it into oblivion.

    I found this picture afterwards at CISR.UCR.EDU, because in my spastic reaction to seeing this little bastard crawling along the leg of the table, I squished it without taking a moment to picture it.

    Does this picture give you the heeie-jeebies? Imagine what it looks like crawling right in front of your face!

    I thoroughly enjoyed squishing it in a paper towel. I may have grunted, "die, bastard, die!!" as I did so. I'm not ashamed.

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    Jenn, AKA "The Rebel Chick," is a single woman who strives to help her readers live their best lives possible. Whether it be through sharing new recipes, sharing her dating stories, or encouraging people to embrace adventure and travel, she aims to inspire people to live full, happy and authentic lives.

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    1. Lisa

      June 02, 2011 at 11:33 pm

      total heeie jeebies!!!

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    2. Shop with Me Mama (Kim)

      June 03, 2011 at 1:50 am

      AGHHHHHHHHHHHH!! I hate hate HATE spiders!! I will actually freeze and can't move when I see one 🙁

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    3. HilLesha

      June 03, 2011 at 10:26 am

      I hate spiders with a passion, especially after almost losing my right hand after getting bitten by one in 2003.

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    4. nicole

      June 03, 2011 at 11:33 am

      GAH!!! I consider this blog post a PSA. I had NO idea we have these here.

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    5. Jennifer S

      June 03, 2011 at 2:01 pm

      Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! I was bit by a brown recluse spider when I was 15. After 7 days in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber for hours at a time and a nasty hole that was in my leg I hate spiders. Ok, I hated them before that but now I have justification. Hubby know my I just saw a spider scream and that he'd better take care of it.

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    6. Brandy

      June 03, 2011 at 11:32 pm

      I have never seen one of these in person .... I don't want to either!

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    7. RJ

      June 04, 2011 at 11:13 am

      Ick, ick, ick! I am NOT a bug girl and any sort of bug/animal/insect is enough to make me freeze and scream! I'm unlucky enough to have two siblings who LOVE those awful critters and **shudder** STUDY them. Yep, they study them..

      Insert shudder.......

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    8. Jen-Eighty MPH Mom

      June 06, 2011 at 11:43 am

      Oh ewww, yuck and ewww some more. That definitely gives me the heebie jeebies. I got shivers...seriously.

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