A Very Venomous Spider

By Spencer Vilwock

Imagine this...walking down into your basement and being bit by something that is half an inch long and has four pairs of eyes. After the bite you then get a headache and you feel so bad that you have to go to the hospital. After you parents take you to the hospital the doctor tells you that you have been bitten by a black widow spider. Being bitten can be deadly and highly venomous. I have an antivenom so you will be fine. But does your bite feel painful or does in not.

The widows are carnivore so they eat flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and beetles. Do you have a black widow web in your basement? If you do then get rid of it. If you do not then you have to deal with hundreds of eggs and from 200-900 at a time. Where you bite by a female widow? Do you want tok now how much venom, female’s can inject toxic venom. The Widow's are the size of a paper clip.

Once bitten you need to clean the bite with soap and water and put ice on it then capture the spider if you can. And the muscles might cramp up or the bite might swell so be careful. To protect your self were to protect yourself from bites wear long sleeves, hat, gloves and boots. the female always kill’s her mate and then begins laying eggs. The young emerge from a ball in 10 to 30 days and, takes the young spiders 2 to 3 months to develop into adults. Did you know that ... a female black widow possesses a venum 15 times stronger than a rattle snake.