Creole Health: Understand & Knowing 3 Poisonous Spiders

Creole Health:  Understand & Knowing 3 Poisonous Spiders

Knowing the Nesting and Hiding Places for These 3 spiders Can Prevent Bites 

November 5, 2007

by Jamie Sias
ZHPS Member

Understand & Know the Nesting and hiding places for these 3 spiders:

• Black Widow Spiders

Black Widow Spiders like dry, undisturbed places such as lumber and rock piles, stacked pots or baskets, rodent burrows, water meters, the underside of bricks and stones, and dry crawl spaces. Females stay in the web.

• Brown Recluse Spiders

Brown Recluse Spiders prefer undisturbed places for their webs, hunt primarily at night and will take refuge in clothing and bedding. They are often found in unused closets and storerooms, behind furniture, and in baseboard cracks and crevices. Outside, they can be found in foundation cracks, cracks in the soil and window wells.

• Aggressive House/Hobo spiders

Aggressive House/Hobo spiders prefer dark, moist places with cracks and crevices for their funnel-shaped webs. They are poor climbers and are rarely seen above ground level. Males wander (especially during summer months) and sometimes become trapped in clothes, toys, bedding, or shoes. Inside, this spider is likely to be found in basements and on ground floors between stored items, in window wells, in closets and behind furniture. Outside, it can be found in areas similar to both the black widow and brown recluse.

Jamie Sias is a fourth year Medical Student at L.S.U. Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana and Zydeco Historical & Preservation Society Member and Organizer.

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