[at-l] INSECT Problems- BRS

[charles at uswnet.com (Charles Copeland)]

I don't have a horror story but the most I've ever been scared by spiders
was when I was helping clear around my dad's barn (in Shorter, AL) and I
picked up a pile of wood to haul away and as I walked I noticed black dots
hanging off the wood and on my arms, legs and feet.  I looked closer and saw
they were baby black widows!

I threw down the boards and started smacking everything in sight and jumped
and hopped and looked pretty silly for a few seconds.   After I smashed
every bug I could spot I looked on the boards I'd just picked up and there
was a big, really big mommy black widow and a few more of its babies.  I had
lifted the boards only a few inches from where she was - but somehow
received no bites from her or her offspring.

*whew*

Charles


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob C." <ellen@clinic.net>
To: "Schweikert, Brian CONT" <brian.schweikert@navy.mil>
Cc: "At-L (E-mail)" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] INSECT Problems- BRS


>"... I wonder anyone have a Brown Recluse or widow horror story?"

No. But I've often thought that a good bumper sticker would read: "Charlotte
was
a brown recluse"

 Or in the north, perhaps, "Charlotte was a black widow."

Weary



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