New to Widow keeping and no breeding experience, now have an egg sack

[Owinlovesfalsewidows]

Me too. But the more brutal mercenary approach. Cleaning out restrooms and outbuildings for Parks and Rec. and the Forestry dept. With those super tough webs you have to search out every web, put a stick in and whirl it about until all webbing is destroyed then search out the mom which has always gone to ground in the darkest most inaccessible location. They never come out to do battle which would make that job so much easier.
Not even a quick attack high pressure hose will knock that webbing down. Rip some paint off the walls, yes, but not all the web, and you still have to search out the moms.

@darkness975 Ultimate survivalists. Refurbishing the campgrounds in Death Valley one summer, a balmy 115F in the shade. Up around Stovepipe Wells in crannies and crevices here and there I would come across those tell tale widow webs. And somehow, they would occasionally manage to populate the bathrooms around Furnace Creek 30 miles away. Hesperus are flat out amazing.
Stovepipe wells had an indigenous population of hardy insects which was a perpetual feast for the widows. Also had, has? a population of weird tiny fish that seemed to like near boiling caustic water.

Those weird fish might be devils hole pupfish,they're the only species I can think of,besides maybe an adult triops,but that's unlikely.
And as a desert bro,I can confirm Hesperus is insanely hardy and difficult to remove species of spider.

 

[Owinlovesfalsewidows]

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I have never had to risk doing that. I just use tongs to move them out of the way and then pull the sack.

I prefer cutting the webbing around the sac so no eggs get crushed,but if I had any tropical widows I'd do this.

 

[darkness975]

I prefer cutting the webbing around the sac so no eggs get crushed,but if I had any tropical widows I'd do this.
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I do that too. I don't just grab and tug it.

 

[darkness975]

Those weird fish might be devils hole pupfish,they're the only species I can think of

I posted a link to a video above.

 

[The Snark]

I prefer cutting the webbing around the sac

I do that too. I don't just grab and tug it.

What do you use to cut those threads? I tried sharp nail scissors once and no luck. Like trying to cut high tensile wire. And considering that messy mass of webbing with the sac usually tucked away in the back that sounds like brain surgery. But dexterity wise I'm a klutz. I'd love to see a video of sac extraction.

 

[Owinlovesfalsewidows]

What do you use to cut those threads? I tried sharp nail scissors once and no luck. Like trying to cut high tensile wire. And considering that messy mass of webbing with the sac usually tucked away in the back that sounds like brain surgery. But dexterity wise I'm a klutz. I'd love to see a video of sac extraction.

I kinda just gently snip/tear (pull at the webbing) at the webs with shearing scissors, and besides my one personal female I keep as a pet,I don't really give much hiding spots for my widows to cram an eggsac in lol.

 

[darkness975]

I kinda just gently snip/tear (pull at the webbing) at the webs with shearing scissors, and besides my one personal female I keep as a pet,I don't really give much hiding spots for my widows to cram an eggsac in lol.

This. Don't give them too much hiding space but I do give mine a piece of artificial leaf to use for cover that they can retreat to for security. @The Snark

 

[The Snark]

Don't give them too much hiding space but I do give mine a piece of artificial leaf to use for cover that they can retreat to for security.

I got as far as "Then don't give.........." then duhhhhhh. In situ. I've never kept them. I'll leave it to your imagination my calisthenics and machinations.
Mind wanders on back to a college class room where the prof handed back my paper while telling me to try again, but include all the variables next time.