"Brown Widow"

[P. Novak]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061003/ap_on_sc/brown_widow

have any of you read this, if not you should read it.

 

[SnakeManJohn]

Heh, very interesting, thanks.

 

[jimmysp4des]

Pretty neat stuff, hope they stay there, I dont really care for widows.

 

[KUJordan]

awesome! that's just all the closer they are to KS, so it makes my drive shorter than Florida to go collect some for myself!!!

 

[buthus]

It's name says it all...

latro = a hunter
dectus = (from Greek dnktcs ??) biter
geo = earth
metricus = measure

Latrodectus geometricus = nasty little spider that spans the globe.

 

[Goblin_King]

"He said there is a positive note — the Brown Widow is not as aggressive as the Black Widow."

And we all know how aggressive black widows are, har har.

 

[CopperInMyVeins]

I know they've been found in Georgia for a while, wouldn't mind having them here either.

 

[John Apple]

On my trips to Florida, I have found them as far north as kentucky at rest stops along I-75. Hmmm I wonder how cold hardy they are:?

 

[buthus]

On my trips to Florida, I have found them as far north as kentucky at rest stops along I-75. Hmmm I wonder how cold hardy they are

Not cold hardy enough for Michigan, thats for sure.
They do adapt well to a wide humidity range.