under the car, surveying the situation and i find a little squatter that calls the tranny tunnel a nice home... wasn't that big, only an inch and a half

 

when i was changing my diff a eastern brown snake decided to move into my exhaust pipe while it was on the ground . oh just one of the deadliest snakes in the world . they are real killers . you've never seen anyone move from under a car to ontop of a car so fast . old mate got a . 22z up the bum . we have redback spiders very similar to your black widows & they seem to live every where close to the ground & especially in shoes & boots . if you meet Aussies watch us put boots on we almost always bang the heal on the ground & wait to see if something crawls out . haha you should see the Irish & pommy blokes that i work with when they see spiders & snakes haha they only have one name for all of em killers hahaha so funny .

 

Hey! Hemisilva was looking for a tunnel.

Sorry I just love beating dead horses.

 

had the exterminator come and go hog wild at the house today - now there is just a dead spider hanging from what is left of the web, i'll prolly leave it there as a warning to any other pests looking to make my ride a home. don't want to take any chances with one of those suckas surprising me again...

 

they only make you sick & hurt like hell but they won't kill ya . we used to breed em during the Tonga / Samoan wars about 13 years ago but never needed to use them . do you guys have baygon surface spray over there that stuff is toxic & fixes all those wee pests . i find heaps of red backs on our work sites i just leave em for the irish & pommy blokes to deal with . you know when they find em all hell brakes loose .

 

really dont want them living in my car or anywhere near me - especially since i have a 3 year old. any spider that actually charges towards me, cant be any good to have around.

 

i just love the gloss black with inbuilt red danger stripe ( for ours ) & red hour glass for yours . all so love how the female eats the male after sex .

 

thats not kewl

 

I thought that was the preying mantis?

 

Actually, both black widow spiders (hence the name) and preying mantis females do consume the male after mating. Usually they rip off the head and eat the body.

Gee, I hope it was worth it!

 

that is a good picture, is that the actual spider or off internet picture.
I used to live in palm harbor Fl, big black widows!!

 

thats a pic from the web, i couldnt and wasnt going to try to get close to the ones i have for a picture. so far no new webs, keeping my fingers crossed they were all knocked off...