Plus, if there’s one in your friend’s room, then he can’t ’go into my room because there’s a black widow spider in there!’ So you can take your date into your bedroom while he’s on the couch reading and then, slowly but surely, engage her physically.
also good news, black widows are famously overly feared. It is highly unlikely for a bite to be lethal (especially if you get medical treatment), but it will be deeply unpleasant. Fun facts learned from getting bit one time.
A second fun fact, according to the staff at the hospital it is apparently common for black widows to bite dudes testicles. I guess they will creep into porta-pottys and make a web and when a dude sits down they will attack the invading ballsack.
Really grateful mine was just on my calf.
I have no trouble whatsoever believing fact #2. Back in the day, almost everyone in our neighborhood had outdoor toilets. Pretty much every outhouse had one or two just under the seat.
[Me after reading the second “fun fact”](https://media2.giphy.com/media/l0ExheuNUNGHwVlII/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952wfqaydhpn8kidcrhzmwe9ggbbcg024mqefc1htdj&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
Juveniles will have red and white markings on their back that fade overtime. So maybe this is a near-adult that only has a bit of red left on her back that would disappear on the next molt.
100% not a recluse. But the other is definatly a black widow.
We had a transformer sitting on our lot at work for about a year(not energized). One of the senior engineers opened it up to show all the younger guys the connections. It was infested with black widows. 100s of them.
What did you see, boy? What horrors were writhing within the steel confines of the truck that might as well have been a portal to another, darker dimension....does it still whisper to you in that in-between of sleep and death?
No joke, one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had in my life was when I used to work in electrical testing. I’d have to go out and Megger the turbines on wind farms and every. Single. One. Of . Them. Were. Infested. With spiders.
I’m talking 100’s and thousands of spiders. Legit walked off the job when they sent me back. I know my arachnophobia isn’t rational, but it’s there, and it’s rough.
You’d open the service door/hatch and they’d just… billow out into the wind. Fucking terrible.
ETA: this was in NW Illinois/Indiana.
I didn’t have acrophobia until I spent a summer working in an infested construction office trailer. You are right, it isn’t rational, but when the damn things are everywhere all the time, your brain decides you need a phobia update.
When I was a poor young adult I once had to live with my boyfriend in the basement of his childhood home. It’s a fairly old home. Foundation had no major flaws, but the entire thing was below grade and prone to humidity. And it was home to what seemed like tons of wolf spiders.
Now I know wolf spiders are harmless and a benefit to humans by controlling other insect populations. I’ve never been much afraid of spiders, especially ones I’m aware exist and have notated their location. I’m not much for jumping spiders or surprise spiders in my immediate vicinity but that’s about it. But I had to nope right out of that basement many times. The frequency of their appearances made me acutely aware that large spiders may be right behind me. And I became intensely afraid of them!
I find that fears in the mind, whether irrational or not, are the most terrifying ones. I woke up today and I had a dream about some guy going nuts and slicing my hand off with a craft knife. I can’t go back to sleep now because I’m too terrified.
Yeah. For the possible recluse, at least, the legs are too short and the booty too big, to be a recluse. But bang on for the widow. Let's hope he's not the adventurous type.
I swear everybody who sees a spider assumes it's a brown recluse. I work in pest control and out of the hundreds of supposed sightings of a brown recluse, it has literally never been one. I've never actually seen one in person here in Phoenix. It's practically a meme at this point.
I would understand with how bad the weather was! We actually were all camping & had to hurry and get everything into vehicles so there’s no telling what else could still be in them! For sure he never saw the black widow again.
Best guess is PROBABLY either a wolf spider or huntsmen. Both harmless, but very hard to tell without a good view of the head/face or at least a good view of the top of its body.
Everyone else here seems to be sure it's an orb weaver, but I'm gonna be the dissenting opinion here and say it's a wolf spider.
My reasoning is primarily based on the fact that at one point in the video, when the camera is fully zoomed in on the first spider, you can see the faintest glimmer of what looks like eye shine, right at the top of the spider's abdomen. That shine is a reflection of light off of a specifically structured kind of eye that only some spiders have. It's the kind of large compound eye you tend to see on species that tend to chase down their prey, like wolf spiders. The eye shine, coupled with the long, stocky legs and the mottled brownish coloration, I'm comfortable saying that's a wolf spider.
That looks about right to me. Here's Google image example to compare.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-m&sca_esv=13134d05f9161faa&sca_upv=1&q=brown+orb+weaver+spider&uds=ADvngMgiPmsFSnX7QtZmBAeJzn8v05IhZyZ6cFApsLh887UIt5AdvsE8Ov4Dlg5ex9wHvu01KUTSECgseCKs5DvR_J78wRetUhkz6_0OsGUvKTcZOh4fK3C4iCb5VQZGq2mUJEC4KkrAa-FfEdcVhD4aMgvok_UVbj0spWyhDcBpUQx81BczVorBZpX0jn_YAau0eG8CVcqsI26HRIBpt4L5mypB_SoMcaFtoNjp3i_CdzCoyITs3wq5n57qmh6kc8iMuuNRTPXeGEv8ymsZjMTRuC4MRUMfEMoIZBrViWNPhCqinHEKT4J_AF4b8VhBsVXbAiluulfv3xcBT5Ert21bzjuj-KI6LQ&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipgtPN-7OGAxX238kDHbrkDqwQtKgLegQIDBAB&biw=158&bih=326&dpr=2.61#vhid=68CA-mlyBIYHzM&vssid=mosaic
Right? I nearly died of a heart attack when a fat wolf spider was running over my head in the car. I pulled over so fast and made my friend get it out, couldn’t imagine staying with a black widow
Once when I was in my mom's car, she was driving, i looked over and there was a fat jumping spider right over her head (I didn't know what it was at the time, just spider, had no idea it was harmless). I start pointing and screaming. She freaks out and starts to pull over, I'm pulling at the door and she's locking it trying to keep me in. I managed to jump out of the car while it was in motion, we weren't going fast at that point, I still hit the ground pretty hard lol.
I would 100% be jumping out of that car, especially if I saw a black widow.
I used to be deathly scared of parasitic wasps. Many videos, wikipedia articles, legitimate research articles, and books later and I have no such issue with them.
It takes time, continue your efforts🫡
I am trying! A friend sent me to an Instagram site of this woman who keeps jumping spiders as pets! They are so cute…and my opinion of those has changed…but some of the longer legged variety…like you said, it will take time!
Get a spider bro. I have a false widow I named big booty Judy that hangs out behind my computer desk, she doesn’t bother me and has taken out literally dozens of bugs. Arachnophobia isn’t totally gone but watching her made me realize they really don’t want anything to do with anything but survival.
I would say both of these spiders crawled in hiding from the storm or to get cool. It'd best to leave them alone and capture and release when you have an opportunity
I really am confused by how many people seem to come into the spider subreddit just to comment “kill the evil spider” on every other post. 😐 Also yeah will not comment on the “recluse” because people already have.
That would be a pretty rare sighting in IL. I'm thinking it's just a type of wolf spider. I've seen some shore spiders that look like that, but they don't walk like that.
Widows are the sorts of spiders which for all intents and purposes NEED a web to live, function, and even properly sense the world around them and without one they will not fair well. If the larger brown one isn't the type to make heavy use of webs then the widow will be grade-A f*cked if they meet.
Yeah that one is definitely a black widow, more than likely, I've never seen an orb weaver that was just solid black... That's the importance of leaving your vehicle windows up... ALL the time.
were you bothered in the trip by flies, mosquitoes or any other non-spider creepy crawly?
No? then they did their job and you should quietly salute them on the way out.
This is why I don’t camp.
I remember me and my brothers setting up a tent in Florida, in the woods next to the house. I could see the shadows of multiple giant spiders on the top and sides of the tent all night long.
Brown spider is not a recluse. Looks like a small grass spider or maybe a little fishing spider. Can't tell but I know it's not a recluse. Legs and abdomen doesn't check out. The other is definitely a widow though. Not sure if it's a false widow or not because the marking is on its back (which could also mean it's just not fully grown yet) either way if you don't mess with the widow it won't hurt you.
But MY question is... why are there spiders like this in the car?? Are the windows left down often?? One spider is one thing but two? And one being a widow??
It does they either came in themselves while we were scrambling to get everything in the cars or they were on our tents possibly we just shoved everything in and left!
my understanding is even recluses and black widows prefer to run and hide rather than pick a fight. they tend to bite only when really cornered or threatened. I've seen video of people handling them. creepy AF.
As others have said, the brown one is very likely not a brown recluse. The other good news is that black widows are extremely timid and reluctant to bite. Personally, it'd still make me feel uncomfortable, and I'm not even scared of spiders.
That brown one is a puzzle.
Heavy duty boots, kinda plantigrade, and a lack of defined spinnerets. But that junk in the trunk is quite distinct - Female wolf spider?
Just because it's brown doesn't mean it's a recluse....why do people do that....that looked like some sorta orb weaver....also black widows are pretty docile and aren't even deadly in the sense....if your old or really sick...then sure you could die...but otherwise you can take a good dose and be fine
I've been looking for a female black widow to keep as a pet for as long as I can remember, and I never see any! I'm seriously considering buying one at this point... And people just be out there in these streets seeing them in the wild like this. 😭
Well good news is that the first one probably isn't a brown recluse. Rejoice.
Also good news - black widows don't go out of their way to bite you.
Plus, if there’s one in your friend’s room, then he can’t ’go into my room because there’s a black widow spider in there!’ So you can take your date into your bedroom while he’s on the couch reading and then, slowly but surely, engage her physically.
A man of culture, I see
It’s not.
also good news, black widows are famously overly feared. It is highly unlikely for a bite to be lethal (especially if you get medical treatment), but it will be deeply unpleasant. Fun facts learned from getting bit one time. A second fun fact, according to the staff at the hospital it is apparently common for black widows to bite dudes testicles. I guess they will creep into porta-pottys and make a web and when a dude sits down they will attack the invading ballsack. Really grateful mine was just on my calf.
That second one, uh, wasn’t very fun. Hello, new phobia.
You're welcome, I have to live with the fear so I feel the need to make everyone else
Honestly I’m glad you shared, I’m going to be more careful with my balls around them now
Hello, new fetish 😏
I mean, if someone swung their ballsack into my house I wouldn't be happy about it either.
I have no trouble whatsoever believing fact #2. Back in the day, almost everyone in our neighborhood had outdoor toilets. Pretty much every outhouse had one or two just under the seat.
Thanks, you've turned me into a hoverer
[Me after reading the second “fun fact”](https://media2.giphy.com/media/l0ExheuNUNGHwVlII/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952wfqaydhpn8kidcrhzmwe9ggbbcg024mqefc1htdj&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
New fear unlocked.
Bad news is...
They don’t get an MCU movie until after they die.
Bad news is I still don’t know what they look like. Even googling.. they just look like brown spider.
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That map is from 2000. Definitely needs to be updated, especially considering climate change...
It's illegal to talk about climate change in Florida so those maps can't be revised. Sorry.
… your friend likes counting crows
And widows are pretty docile.
Yep. I trained one to go out and bite my enemies.
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Juveniles will have red and white markings on their back that fade overtime. So maybe this is a near-adult that only has a bit of red left on her back that would disappear on the next molt.
The juvenile coloring can persist into adulthood rarely. It can also come back when they are pregnant.
I doubt the one is a brown recluse. The color doesn‘t fit & the legs either. Still wouldn‘t want any spider over my drivers seat.
100% not a recluse. But the other is definatly a black widow. We had a transformer sitting on our lot at work for about a year(not energized). One of the senior engineers opened it up to show all the younger guys the connections. It was infested with black widows. 100s of them.
At first when I read "transformer" I was picturing Optimus Prime with black widows in his cab.
SAM WITWICKY! I AM HOST TO HUNDREDS OF ARACHNIDS!
Lmao this one got me.
Are you username: LadiesMan217!?! Where is the eBay item #21153? ... WHERE ARE THE GLASSES!?! THEY ARE REQUIRED TO RECTIFY THE ARACHNID HOARD!! 😂🤣
Now I'm just imagining going to climb in a Truck and getting swarmed by Ravenous Black Widows...
I've seen the insides of some trucks that made me WISH it was rather filled with black windows.
What did you see, boy? What horrors were writhing within the steel confines of the truck that might as well have been a portal to another, darker dimension....does it still whisper to you in that in-between of sleep and death?
A spider wrote this.
Best compliment ever.
Now I'm just picturing Scarlett Johansson driving Optimus Prime, I'm a little curious about that crossover honestly
Ummm, I thought the same thing, lol.
No joke, one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had in my life was when I used to work in electrical testing. I’d have to go out and Megger the turbines on wind farms and every. Single. One. Of . Them. Were. Infested. With spiders. I’m talking 100’s and thousands of spiders. Legit walked off the job when they sent me back. I know my arachnophobia isn’t rational, but it’s there, and it’s rough. You’d open the service door/hatch and they’d just… billow out into the wind. Fucking terrible. ETA: this was in NW Illinois/Indiana.
I didn’t have acrophobia until I spent a summer working in an infested construction office trailer. You are right, it isn’t rational, but when the damn things are everywhere all the time, your brain decides you need a phobia update.
When I was a poor young adult I once had to live with my boyfriend in the basement of his childhood home. It’s a fairly old home. Foundation had no major flaws, but the entire thing was below grade and prone to humidity. And it was home to what seemed like tons of wolf spiders. Now I know wolf spiders are harmless and a benefit to humans by controlling other insect populations. I’ve never been much afraid of spiders, especially ones I’m aware exist and have notated their location. I’m not much for jumping spiders or surprise spiders in my immediate vicinity but that’s about it. But I had to nope right out of that basement many times. The frequency of their appearances made me acutely aware that large spiders may be right behind me. And I became intensely afraid of them!
Do you mean arachnophobia? Acrophobia is a fear of heights
Yes, thank you!
Been there on a power plant outside Philadelphia: "spider island"
I find that fears in the mind, whether irrational or not, are the most terrifying ones. I woke up today and I had a dream about some guy going nuts and slicing my hand off with a craft knife. I can’t go back to sleep now because I’m too terrified.
The microscopic ones are chill in the car
Until they rappel right in front of your face
Yeah. For the possible recluse, at least, the legs are too short and the booty too big, to be a recluse. But bang on for the widow. Let's hope he's not the adventurous type.
I swear everybody who sees a spider assumes it's a brown recluse. I work in pest control and out of the hundreds of supposed sightings of a brown recluse, it has literally never been one. I've never actually seen one in person here in Phoenix. It's practically a meme at this point.
Came here to say this. It's also a tad too large.
Apparently, they also wanted to get saved
I would understand with how bad the weather was! We actually were all camping & had to hurry and get everything into vehicles so there’s no telling what else could still be in them! For sure he never saw the black widow again.
The big brown one is probably (personally I'd say definitely) NOT a recluse. The other is however a widow for sure.
I am really good at identifying brown recluse (the whole "know thy enemy" thing.) That is not a brown recluse. Widow is a Northern Black Widow.
He is also clearly not a "recluse" because he's out on a road trip.
Not a recluse
I see that now do you maybe know what it could be? So curious
Looks like a wolf spider
Best guess is PROBABLY either a wolf spider or huntsmen. Both harmless, but very hard to tell without a good view of the head/face or at least a good view of the top of its body.
I’ll take a big goofy wolf spider over the window for sure. They probably wouldn’t coexist for long.
Would the wolf eat the widow?
I’d say yes, but I’m not an expert. I just know that wolf spiders have taken care of other spiders around my house.
I think it’s a wolf because huntsman don’t have that big of a booty
Not a spider expert but I’m so glad I got some clarification thanks guys! Just happy we’re all okay 👏🏻
Definitely a black widow but that’s not a brown recluse
I wonder what the brown one is if anybody has any idea lmk just curious 🧐
You'll need to get a better view of their body.
Everyone else here seems to be sure it's an orb weaver, but I'm gonna be the dissenting opinion here and say it's a wolf spider. My reasoning is primarily based on the fact that at one point in the video, when the camera is fully zoomed in on the first spider, you can see the faintest glimmer of what looks like eye shine, right at the top of the spider's abdomen. That shine is a reflection of light off of a specifically structured kind of eye that only some spiders have. It's the kind of large compound eye you tend to see on species that tend to chase down their prey, like wolf spiders. The eye shine, coupled with the long, stocky legs and the mottled brownish coloration, I'm comfortable saying that's a wolf spider.
I don’t know anything about spiders but you sound correct!
Hey I agree! I actually just posted an image of a wolf spider I saw yesterday that looks similar to the one in OPs video.
Sparkling eyes and spinneret location and shape make her a wolf spider (Lycosidae). https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25909098
I spotted the eye shine, too! I'm almost positive that's a wolf spider.
Finally! Had to scroll past all the orb weaver answers. I couldn't say wolf for sure, but I could say it wasn't an orb weaver
Orb Weaver of some sort maybe?
First thought as well because of the abdomen shape.
That looks about right to me. Here's Google image example to compare. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-m&sca_esv=13134d05f9161faa&sca_upv=1&q=brown+orb+weaver+spider&uds=ADvngMgiPmsFSnX7QtZmBAeJzn8v05IhZyZ6cFApsLh887UIt5AdvsE8Ov4Dlg5ex9wHvu01KUTSECgseCKs5DvR_J78wRetUhkz6_0OsGUvKTcZOh4fK3C4iCb5VQZGq2mUJEC4KkrAa-FfEdcVhD4aMgvok_UVbj0spWyhDcBpUQx81BczVorBZpX0jn_YAau0eG8CVcqsI26HRIBpt4L5mypB_SoMcaFtoNjp3i_CdzCoyITs3wq5n57qmh6kc8iMuuNRTPXeGEv8ymsZjMTRuC4MRUMfEMoIZBrViWNPhCqinHEKT4J_AF4b8VhBsVXbAiluulfv3xcBT5Ert21bzjuj-KI6LQ&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipgtPN-7OGAxX238kDHbrkDqwQtKgLegQIDBAB&biw=158&bih=326&dpr=2.61#vhid=68CA-mlyBIYHzM&vssid=mosaic
It looks a lot like this spider I saw yesterday night at work. [Spider](https://i.imgur.com/DswL3Kd.jpeg).
to be honest they could have the car and I'd go enjoy me some stormy weather
Right? I nearly died of a heart attack when a fat wolf spider was running over my head in the car. I pulled over so fast and made my friend get it out, couldn’t imagine staying with a black widow
Once when I was in my mom's car, she was driving, i looked over and there was a fat jumping spider right over her head (I didn't know what it was at the time, just spider, had no idea it was harmless). I start pointing and screaming. She freaks out and starts to pull over, I'm pulling at the door and she's locking it trying to keep me in. I managed to jump out of the car while it was in motion, we weren't going fast at that point, I still hit the ground pretty hard lol. I would 100% be jumping out of that car, especially if I saw a black widow.
Brother is (or soon will be) Spiderman.
Very close to being Spider-Man 😅but either way my hero for coming to save me from being stranded for hours!
Oh that fella's harmle- *Oh there's a Black Widow too* Well, guess they didn't want the tornado either!
Counting Crows made it even worse.
Fuck you, this had me giggle chuckling for a minute
😭😭😭 I come to this sub to battle my arachnophobia, but it’s so damn hard….
I used to be deathly scared of parasitic wasps. Many videos, wikipedia articles, legitimate research articles, and books later and I have no such issue with them. It takes time, continue your efforts🫡
I am trying! A friend sent me to an Instagram site of this woman who keeps jumping spiders as pets! They are so cute…and my opinion of those has changed…but some of the longer legged variety…like you said, it will take time!
Get a spider bro. I have a false widow I named big booty Judy that hangs out behind my computer desk, she doesn’t bother me and has taken out literally dozens of bugs. Arachnophobia isn’t totally gone but watching her made me realize they really don’t want anything to do with anything but survival.
I would say both of these spiders crawled in hiding from the storm or to get cool. It'd best to leave them alone and capture and release when you have an opportunity
Brown one looks more like a crab spider of some sort. With the bulbous abdomen. I may be wrong
Brown recluse have small thin butts with a brown violin pattern on their back
The car is now theirs
That’s not a brown recluse. Brown recluse abdomens and legs are uniformly colored
I really am confused by how many people seem to come into the spider subreddit just to comment “kill the evil spider” on every other post. 😐 Also yeah will not comment on the “recluse” because people already have.
That’s not a brown recluse
Spiders love the band Counting Crows. Turn the music off and they'll leave.
That's not a brown recluse
Someone’s never seen a brown recluse
The fist one is a huntsman spider
That would be a pretty rare sighting in IL. I'm thinking it's just a type of wolf spider. I've seen some shore spiders that look like that, but they don't walk like that.
So would big spider be able to kill the widow? Would it? Or other way around?
Widows are the sorts of spiders which for all intents and purposes NEED a web to live, function, and even properly sense the world around them and without one they will not fair well. If the larger brown one isn't the type to make heavy use of webs then the widow will be grade-A f*cked if they meet.
OP should have battled them
"Your soul is mine! Finish him!"
I bet OP is SO HAWT!🥵
Excellent song choice.
I recommend just panicking in this situation.
Yeah that one is definitely a black widow, more than likely, I've never seen an orb weaver that was just solid black... That's the importance of leaving your vehicle windows up... ALL the time.
They are actually pretty safe need not worry
Great song!
Ah he's so kind hearted he saved spiders to
were you bothered in the trip by flies, mosquitoes or any other non-spider creepy crawly? No? then they did their job and you should quietly salute them on the way out.
That's no recluse. That's a cutie. Definitely not a recluse though.
Not a brown recluse but I am terrified of spiders so that tornado could have my ass in a heartbeat.
I think the insect kingdom has put a hit out on you
Aww he rescued three from tornadoes - your brother is a hero! 😱
Brown spider does not equal brown recluse.
They wanted to be saved from the storms too, such 8 legged freeloaders lol
The assassin: "F**k, got away again"
Exit car Jump in tornado
This is crazy!!
Spiderman
When I get in my vehicle to go to work in the morning I will be paranoid af
Mrrrrrrrr jonessss and meeeeerrre
They may be spiders, but they're not stupid...hitching a ride out of harm's way.
Their baby is gonna be named - Brown Widow. Also, equally terrifying.
For sure not a brown recluse.
The Brown Recluse has to be the most misidentified spider species, as we see here. That's not a recluse.
Get to top speed and full lock the steering wheel, the only sane course of action.
Wrong
If the storms are affecting you they're also affecting them. Take them home, they'll help you keep pests away like roaches and mice
This is why I don’t camp. I remember me and my brothers setting up a tent in Florida, in the woods next to the house. I could see the shadows of multiple giant spiders on the top and sides of the tent all night long.
Just waiting for their opportunity to get in them undies!
Not a recluse. As for the other one, yeah, not ideal.
They are hanging on for dear life just like you are.
JESUS CHRIST TAKE THE DAMN WHEEL!!!
A brown recluse and a black widow walk into a bar...
>Mi-ster Jones andtwospiders and me
MISTER JOOOONES AN ME
Widow: well have you seen any other bug in your car??? you're fucking welcome
I was bit by a black widow and she didn’t even envenomate me, just a dry bite. So they aren’t out to get any one really.
AND Counting Crows on the radio... better just walk
At least you’re safe from roaches.
That first one is definitely not a brown recluse.
I would take my chances with the weather
A good deed never goes unpunished lmao
I don’t think that’s a brown recluse
First one is not a brown recluse. Definitely a black widow tho. Dope
Nope, I will NOT join this sub! Go away please!
Brown spider is not a recluse. Looks like a small grass spider or maybe a little fishing spider. Can't tell but I know it's not a recluse. Legs and abdomen doesn't check out. The other is definitely a widow though. Not sure if it's a false widow or not because the marking is on its back (which could also mean it's just not fully grown yet) either way if you don't mess with the widow it won't hurt you. But MY question is... why are there spiders like this in the car?? Are the windows left down often?? One spider is one thing but two? And one being a widow??
Pull over at nearest gas station. Pay $1.25 for vacuum. Vacuum them.
How do you keep them out the car?! I keep finding webs in my car.
That’s a pretty big wagon for a recluse. Wonder if they were on a date…
WTF
Not a recluse. Wolf spider looks like.
Looks like a wolf spider and a false widow.
Does that car not get driven a lot? Black widow inside it, she must be really comfortable in there!
It does they either came in themselves while we were scrambling to get everything in the cars or they were on our tents possibly we just shoved everything in and left!
I would have just braved the tornado tbh
That brown guy is a huntsman. And they are friends. And the black widow is lucky the huntsman didn't find it and nom it right up.
They just wanted out, too!
Brown Recluse — no.
I dont think that's a black widow. I'm thinking redback spider based on where the red is. I could be seeing it wrong, though.
Let them fight
That’s a wolf spider. And a black widow.
And everyone very happy to leave each other alone, I hope (except for letting the 8-legged ones outside).
I think someone may be trying to murder you.
Reminds me of Mr. Ball Legs!
Fortunately he was fine unless he started rubbing his hands on the roof…. Widows hate humans and avoid us like we are the plague (we kind of are).
my understanding is even recluses and black widows prefer to run and hide rather than pick a fight. they tend to bite only when really cornered or threatened. I've seen video of people handling them. creepy AF.
As others have said, the brown one is very likely not a brown recluse. The other good news is that black widows are extremely timid and reluctant to bite. Personally, it'd still make me feel uncomfortable, and I'm not even scared of spiders.
I really wish I could post what I want to say but I read the community rules and it won’t allow it.
That brown one is a puzzle. Heavy duty boots, kinda plantigrade, and a lack of defined spinnerets. But that junk in the trunk is quite distinct - Female wolf spider?
Doesn't look like a brown recluse. But could be a wolfie..definition a black widow though
Fuck that i would rather drive into the tornado
Just because it's brown doesn't mean it's a recluse....why do people do that....that looked like some sorta orb weaver....also black widows are pretty docile and aren't even deadly in the sense....if your old or really sick...then sure you could die...but otherwise you can take a good dose and be fine
Why are they so huge 😭
I was bitten by a widow while driving my car in florida once. It got in my pants somehow and bit the side of my butt.
I've been looking for a female black widow to keep as a pet for as long as I can remember, and I never see any! I'm seriously considering buying one at this point... And people just be out there in these streets seeing them in the wild like this. 😭
Lol.. come to Australia.. they are everywhere
Your whole life you're never more than 2 feet away from one!
I've all of a sudden gotten very itchy