Whats with the black widow spider?

Question

Tell mme everything, Like what are the symptoms, Its habitat, from how many hour will you die after youve been bitten. how can it be repelled? also this goes for the tarantula

Also i heard the black widow is the americans most poisonous spider, so is it not popular in other countries like the philipines. or its not found in other countries

Ok children, well, Im 14 years old, Am I counted?

Right so my questions left are, Am I counted as one of the children if im 14 years old? and is the black widow found in the philipines or is it only in florida?

but answering all my question in this topic will be fine, more answers more chance of getting a 10 points

Answer 1

My husband was bit twice last September (they built a nest behid our shutter and laid an egg sack) there is NO anti vemon!!! According to the hospital. He is 215 and 6'1 and it dropped him in 8 hours. Spent 3 days in the hospital. It wont kill an average adult but it is deadly to children and older people with low immune systems.

Sever muscle crampingthat looks like seziures. The adult female is the most poisonus. The male is half the size but still packs quite a punch.

Spider killer...... spray it around your home and be vigilant about doing it every few weeks. Black widows are not all black there are different colors but all have the red hourglass marking.

It is not the most poisonus, the brown recluse is the most poisonus spider there is antivenom for that but the fatality rate in children is very high.

If you were bit you need to go tell you parents immediatly..... it goes by weight height etc......

A Tarantula is a harmless spider.

Answer 2

The genus Latrodectus, to which the black widow
spider belongs, is found almost all over the world
in temperate to tropical areas. It is recorded from
the Philippines. Most species of the genus are
black, but there are also what are known as red
widows, brown or gray widows, and even white
ones, the latter in desert areas in the Middle East.

Mortality rate from reported bites is low, ranging
from about 2-5%. Deaths are mostly of children
or adults with circulatory or respiratory problems.
The neurotoxic venom attacks the nerve centers
that control the heart and lungs, and also the
nerve-muscle junctions. The result is rapid, shallow pulse and respiration and muscle cramps
and spasms. Treatment is mostly symptomatic,
there apparently is no antivenin.

The spiders like holes and corners, mostly on or
near the ground, but occasionally higher. Woodpiles, animal burrows, under window ledges,
in drainage culverts, in any kind of box or container
that has an opening, etc., are the places where they are normally found. The spiders are not
aggressive, and will normally not attack a person
if they are not disturbed. Females may defend their egg sacs, however. In the United States one
of the commonest causes of bites some years
ago was sitting on the spiders in outdoor toilets.

The recluse spiders are mostly distributed in the
New World and Africa, though one species has
been widely introduced in other areas, now being
found in Hawaii, for example. The bite of the
brown recluse, Loxosceles reclusa, has been
vastly over-rated. There are few or no deaths from
it. A South American species, Loxosceles laeta,
is larger and more dangerous, though even with
it deaths seem to be rare. Its venom is of the
hemolytic type, destroying tissues and blood cells.
It can cause a nasty wound that is slow to heal
and may require a skin graft, but, since the spider
can control the amount of venom injected, some
bites are of little or no effect.

There are many dozens of kinds of tarantulas, but
few of them have bites that are more serious than
a bee or wasp sting, though the effects of bites
of many of them are unknown.

So far as known, all spiders, except for the small
family Uloboridae, are venomous. In most of
them the venom is adapted to affect the spider's
usual insect prey, and has little or no effect on a
vertebrate animal. Besides the genera mentioned
above, the Australian genus Atrax, the funnel-web
spider, and the New World genus Phoneutria are
about the only spiders whose bite seriously
affects humans. The only required qualification
here is that few kinds of spiders have been
reported as biting humans, so the bite effects, if any, are not known.

Answer 3

The black widow is a spider of the Americas. There are many other widow spiders around the world including the Pacific and brown widows and the Australian red-back. They all get exported round the world in shipping containers and there are now red-backs in Belgium and Japan and brown widows in Australia. I am sure some black widows have hitched rides too so it is possible you have them in the Philippines but it is more likely you have the Pacific widow.

There are antivenins to all widow spider bites including the black widow but it is not usually used except on children as the risk of death in an adult is very low and the antivenin has some nasty side effects.

Female widow spiders like dark sheltered areas to build their webs and lay their eggs. Woodpiles and undisturbed junk are favoured places. If you are working in these areas use good gardening or other strong gloves. Males are smaller and less venomous than the females.

Answer 4

Black widows are most common in desert environments. The toxin they have is a powerful neurotoxin (as opposed to a hemotoxin). In other words, instead of attacking tissue, the poison attacks the central nervous system. Generally, a healthy human will experience about 3 days of severe pain from a bite (there is a form of antivenon, but it is only effective once). Fatalaties are rare and limited to the elderly, very young or very weak.

Tarantula bites are generally no worse than bee stings.

Answer 5

Since Black Widows are common where u live, I don't think u should call an ext just because one BW wanders into ur house. Perhaps u can put up screens over ur windows and doors to prevent any more from entering. Keep ur home clean so that little insects are not attracted to enter as these are food source for the bigger predators like ur BWs. Be observant in the next few weeks to see if little ones appear since u r worried that eggs may be laid.

Answer 6

Black widow spiders are the most poisonous spiders around! The are small, black and have a red dot on their back. I am not sure in which countries you get them, but we do get them here in South Africa! Here is a site where you could read up all about the black widow spider: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061A.html
And her is a site to look up on tarantulas: http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_taran.html

Answer 7

all spiders are poisonness but the black widow is really not that poisnoness,has you hear same has 4 the tarantula what is a motherphucker is the brownrecluse good thing none here in cali

Answer 8

Here is a link to a site with LOTS of great information about them all for you. Have fun!!

http://arachnophiliac.co.uk/burrow/poison.htm