Pet Black Widow (L. hesperus)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Just wanted to show you all my pet black widow. She is a Western Widow or Latrodectus hesperus. I found her out in front of my house and, unlike most people, I brought her into my house.
She's beautiful.
Incredible to find others that share this strange hobby
We're all in the shadows. Trust me, there's so many more with this fascination.
I agree ! I have two scorpions. Just caught a widow today in the garage for my roomate haha arachnids are bad ass !
Jesus Jesus u r not jesus
Kyle Allsman enclosure tour?
I jus bought a nice 30 large terrarium to fill it with spiders tht i find whn i go out fishing 🙏👌
I'm glad you have a jar friends that way you can find out exactly how how Western black widows temperament is. Their bites are not painful it's like maybe like a bee sting for a day. They won't bite you unless you are literally smushing them, there was a study showed that even if you messed up their web, or poked and prodded at them, they would do as you said runaway make themselves look small maybe throw some web I guess that ones new to me lol. But it's very rare that you'll receive a bite from one of these ladies and even if they do bite you it's 9 times out of 10 of warning bite. I legit stepped on one in my backyard, and she was forgiving enough to give me a warning bite, my foot on the one side swelled a little bit I couldn't wear shoes at school for 3 days because the shoe would scrape my bite, but I went to the doctor they gave me some antibiotics and other than a little bit of discomfort for the first day I wasn't in any real agony, and it went away. If you do get a full on serious bite, the worst it will be, is that you'll get sick for about 3 days tops, always go to the doctor though, you never know when you'll be allergic to something. And the three days of being sick I was talking about can be mildly unpleasant, obviously throwing up having a headache possible abdominal pain, but the spiders bite wouldn't kill you unless you were 10 lb and allergic to it at the same time. Western black widows are actually very smart, and very shy, they're the sweetest actually good luck spiders you'll ever come across. It's said that if there's a blackwidow in your area, they are Territorial and the smell of their venom keeps away other spiders for the most part. Knowing all this I hope you guys can be more familiar with my favorite silky lady. when does the person who made this video sees this please feel free to make a video of exactly what I just told you and tag me in it or something haha
I love them them and my entire life have keep them as deeply cared for pets, as my mom loved them too, but since I've had babies I have had to unfortunately kill quite a few... 6 month old, 2 year old and 3 year old that all love to run/crawl around in the yard. Crazy where life takes you.
She is beautiful and absolutely fascinating to watch! :~)
Great video
We lost our last one to old age. Today I noticed another on the front porch, so I'm putting a habitat back together. However, the one on the porch is very small, and our local pet store doesn't carry crickets small enough for it. Can you suggest something to feed it, or would you recommend simply relocating it and waiting until we find a larger one?
Also, as a fun note, our last one would drink openly. I had stones on the bottom, and I'd just spray until there was a few large droplets on it. She would walk over to it, and sink her little face into it, and drink until the droplet was about half the original size. I thought you might find it interesting.
CaseFace my Charlotte started with house flies. Then a small recluse or two. She really liked a large black ant I fed her. She grew when I went out of town for 4 days. Then I fed her two black crickets. She LOVED them! I originally found her on a can we kept out back for dog food. Flies are attracted to dog food so she set up shop.
I let them live in my bedroom with no enclosure around them and they get rid of pesky bugs and sometimes mice. I have wolf spiders and black widows
I too keep a latrodectus hesperus! In slc,ut... her name is Minerva. I saved her life! And we are in the full throws of winter so I just couldn't bring myself to put her back out in the cold. She seems quite content in her terrarium. She's a juvenile so it's pretty rewarding to see her changing as she grows. Thanks for being a fellow spider comrade 🤘🖤
artemis2666 I just wrote a comment with a similar story to yours! I love this comment section so much.0
So nice to see people like you sharing their love with a spider! I know I sound crazy but wish I also had a beautiful black widow like you did! 💗
Anyways, great video man!
Nice! I have a Latrodectus mactans mexicanus. It's always awesome to have true spiders and she's always a a topic of conversation among friends and family, especially since I live in the northern part of the US where they're pretty rare.
When I was in the Marines I had one that was about her size in my barracks.. We had her fight a camel spider and she was massively victorious then ate her victim.. Widows are super fast when they need to be and I think super cool as well.
I have a southern I found in my yard in Georgia. Had her about 2 months now loved the video! I found a spider tonight and put in a mason jar to observe and I cant figure out what kind it is.
Currently have one as my “tenant” living in my shower. She’s gotten a bit bigger and it’s the middle of winter, possibly considering of putting her in an enclosure (instead of my shower). Or letting her go when it gets warmer...🤔
Did I mention her name is Marlene? Still a juvenile, had her for 2 months already. First appeared in my shower on Oct. 31st, 2019🎃 totally agree with everything you are saying in this video! I think Marlene’s the same species, or Southwestern (from the top of my head, probably just Western). My girl gets prey from her front legs- first she’ll “tap” it or something. I give her flies, a wasp one time, small centipede, and a mayfly once. Whatever insect I can catch and disable with water (like the wasp or fly). She also likes to wrap them with silk and then tow away her prey into her corner- the corner she uses to hide from when I use the shower and in general shelter.
if I get any hate:
My shower is handheld so whenever she gets too close or isn’t in her corner while I’m showering, I’ll sprinkle some water to show her who’s boss!
Afterall, she’s my tenant and I’m her landlady. No web spinning past this point!🖐😤
But I’ll consider getting her an enclosure for peace of mind.
Love this♡
I got a large long terrarium to fill it up with spiders aswell
You have been blessed keeping her. I have a black widow spider living in a branch that looks like Cthulhu from the Lovecraft stories in the front yard of my house, and she is named Atropa after the member of the Three Fates who cuts the thread of life, but she's called Atty for short. She guards our lemon balm from intruders and is a joy to have (she thinks my dad is the coolest, she keeps him company while he's watering the front garden during the evening.
Yours is so patient, waiting for her supper.
What can I say, Latrodectus have my heart in a little jar.
She's a beautiful girl, tyfs her with all of us. The volume was a little lowand j5God bless you. Tyfs God bless you
I seem crazy to others when they find out I love spiders.
It's beauty but Latrodectus most like to hide on dark places, they don't like direct light so it can't talk but might she don't like the place she are, if u can put some black tap in 3 walls around to let she feel safe, actually they are nightly.
I’ve been extremely interested in getting one as a pet purely to watch her son web…. Could anybody point me in the right direction of somewhere to purchase one of these majestic creatures? I haven’t had any luck
Your insane bro !!! In a good way Lolololol
Hey man I’m from Utah too! Where do you recommend looking for them? I really miss my old one
They come from Hesperia, Ca
I also have a pet widow, loved your video!
My widow recently died unexpectedly :(
i always been scared of black widows, but not much of the other spiders like a wolf spider, even if i did have a black widow as a pet, i would most likley get bit
Haha at 1:20 he explains that he has better things to do than risk a bite from a black widow yet he states that he caught it haha
I did not catch it with my hands bro. HAHA! She died a little over a year ago.
When needing to cull the amount one has it is common practice in the hobby to freeze them. Also, Check Out the many different widow species. I currently have 13 species.
If I am hooking up with a girl and we go to her place and she has a pet spider, I will 100% leave at that very moment.
Many black widow species exists, my favorites the latrodectus bishopi and L elegans.
There's a subspecies of L. hesperus (or mactans, depending on who you ask) from northwestern Mexico & extreme southern California with really spectacular white, yellow, and red markings. They look something like immature L. hesperus, but are actual adults. :)
Sounds like Mactans mexicanus
What are those containers called, I couldn’t find them
A darker background is all you need to show that webbing homie.
man i love spiders and own like 3 tarantulas but damn this be lookin like a suicide party
I had a brown widow, my family thought i was insane. I got her with an egg which did hatch, maybe a 100 give or take tiny spiders. I put them in a bush. I would like to get a black widow this time, I see them alot around work, some do get pretty large, seems like different kinds of black widows maybe.
Females live for 3 years pretty long for a spider.
This is an old video. Is she still alive?
Rip you m8 widows are deadly
They really aren’t. People exaggerate. Their bites are rarely lethal and they only bite when they have no other way to escape. Even then they start with a less venomous warning bite.
Gorgeous girl. I had a few last year but sold them. Mad at myself for not keeping at least one of them.
ken the bug guy sells them on his website. $15 each.
She's so lovely!!! She looks almost exactly like my widow haha you take wonderful care of her.
... I've been having some problems feeding actually, and it's hard to find other widow owners. Do you think you can help me out? Charlotte has a door on the front of her tank as well as a lid that opens up. I've been putting crickets in the front door, but they aren't getting stuck in the web. I don't have any other spiders, so I don't want a tub of mealworms lying around going bad... how can I make sure she's eating properly?
I would pick up the crickets with tweezers and put them in the top (I try to actually) but they still tumble through the web and she never gets them. Should I be trying harder to wedge them into the web? Or will she go for them when she gets hungry? Looking at yours I probably overfeed her actually...
She's still pretty new to her current tank. Maybe it'll be easier after she's had more time to fill the gaps on her bassinet.
Quinn Hiboux I know I’m late, but widows are very sensitive to vibration, if she’s hungry, she’ll find it. Is it possible you are feeding her too much?
@@smokeybear1925 That's possible. I started giving her smaller crickets so that she could eat in smaller portions, but that's made it more difficult to tell if she's eating lol she's also getting very old. I've had her for a year and a half, and she was full grown when I got her haha
So if I just catch one in my backyard and keep feeding it will she grow that big
Joseph Kozelsiki it’s possible. I’ve seen them grow much bigger than mine.
I love widows and I would like to have one. How long do they live?
Like 2 years usually
What a beautiful creature. Maybe you should change the scenery, she might move around more.
Ant_ B If she was moving around a lot, that would indicate that she was stressed. A still black widow is a happy black widow. The only time she moves is when she is catching food, cleaning, or when she is scared.
Thanks for sharing your videos about black widow spider.
I myself had a few of black widow spider as my pet when I was living in Oakland CA. Unfortunately I have to let them all go coz I went back here in the Philippines. Too bad we don't have any black widows here.. None that I know of.
I'm thinking about getting a desert blonde tarantula, but I might change my mind to get a black widow.
Haha! Skip them both and get a Chaco Golden Knee!
Best of luck finding a widow for sale. I can’t seem to locate any. If you know of any distributors I would greatly appreciate the info. As for finding one I plan on looking for another specimen in the spring. My last widow was accidentally killed by a roommate after her enclosure was knocked off a shelf.
@@Slic_Nuts Tanya over at Fear Not Tarantulas has some L. Mactans "mexicanus" They are pretty sweet as far as widows go. fearnottarantulas.com/product/latrodectus-mactans-mexicanus-black-widow-spider/
A.Chalcodes was my first T and it’s great. I actually just caught a black widow in Ontario Canada after it was shipped to my place of work accidentally!
I'm getting mine Tuesday, I'm so excited
Is she still alive and well?
She died about 6mo ago. I caught another though and she is doing well.
I live in PA. Found one at work in Delaware. Mine has a red spot above spinnerettes As well.
Very Cool! Likely a L. variolus or maybe a L. mactans, though I don't think their range is that far north.
TarantulaSam pity can't share pictures.
TarantulaSam Have photo up as channel banner. Lemme know if can't see whole abdomen picture.
It's a mactans. Not sure why this far north though.
Ayeeeee I’m from delawareee
I really want to find a black widow to keep. Any advice on what sort of areas to look for them in? I live in Northern Virginia. Tons of jumping spiders but Ive never seen a widow unfortunately
What is this kind of box called?
www.containerstore.com/s?source=form&refinements=&q=amac&submit=
I am a new owner of an L. hespersus. I'm curious to know what size enclosure you have. I see some figurine cases on Amazon that are about 4"x4"x7". Do you think this is a good size or should I go bigger?
Absolutely Gorgeous Spiders, would love to have one of my own but they are very elusive at least in the Pacific Northwest.
I'm only here bc my garage has black widows and imma try to catch one and make it my pet but kinda debating bc them hoes scary asf
what about a blacklight? would that show web?
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Easy to feed and maintain they live up to 3 years.
I like spiders and scorpions
Seithenollie Prudencook stay tuned. I just got some scorps!
I have a yelow brown spider i dont know wut species and if you dont mind pressing my profile and see my house spider and possibly tell me what it is?
Seriously catch like 5 or so and I'll pay you for them
They are all dead and hibernating right now. Best to check back come late summer or early fall. Ken the Bug Guy has them for sale right now. Though I have never ordered from him, I know he has a good reputation. www.kenthebugguy.com/other-spiders/
Thanks. I'll look into it. Love your videos
I also just won an auction for a gravid female $15 shipped.
Beautiful specimen, I also had a western black widow, wild caught. Sadly my roommate bumped her enclosure off a shelf and she didn’t make it. Although I’m looking forward to capturing another this spring after they awaken from hibernation. Does your widow have dimples on the top of her abdomen? mine did but I was unable to find any information regarding the topic. Best of luck & good health to you.
It does have the dimples. Every widow I have personally seen has had them. I am not sure what they are.
I LOVE BLACK WIDOWS THERE MY FAV SPIDERRRRRRR
nice vid bro, thanks! where did u get the terrarium? I wanna get a similar one for my black widow, thx!
Ismael Muñoz thanks. It’s an AMAC box from the Container Store. They are like 2 bucks or so.
TarantulaSam awesome, thanks!!
I assume you never pet her right?
My favorite spider 🕷🥰
Would a black light show the webbing?
beautiful spider
She is beautiful
Only good spider is a dead spider lol good video though. I’ve learned something
They sell em on ebay 14 bucks i live in Cali i can catch one for free lol.
Where I live,there are dozens everywhere in the summer and fall,I actually just relocated one from our yard as my dad doesn’t want them around.
She’s lovely! I have one similar size she’s super lethargic right now so I’m hoping she molts!! I absolutely adore to watch her silk wrap her food.. and isn’t it so cool that when she bites and injects the venom that the toxicity slowly turns the prey black ! You can see it happen so fast with that little worm!
hm are you a sadist xD
Aww shes a lovely girl!
Future psychopath. (Or not)- as in already psycopath
Must be in the future brother. I currently ride way too much MTB to be a psychopath. I'm also married to a therapist, so that probably helps me hold back my internal crazy.