{"id":33,"date":"2012-09-17T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2012-09-17T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T16:39:00","slug":"spider-whisperer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/spider-whisperer\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider Whisperer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">You know fall is right around the corner at my house when Ms. Spider moves in. Every fall we find a few black widow spiders in our home. Mistaya found this lovely girl above our piano yesterday. I believe in karma&#8211;If I don&#8217;t hurt spiders, they won&#8217;t hurt me. Thus, I have become a black widow whisperer&#8211;I relocate black widows from my house, friends homes&#8211;call me and I&#8217;ll get rid of your uninvited spider guest. I reject the dull title of <i>spider-relocater<\/i>, for the more dangerous sounding: <i><b>spider-whisperer<\/b><\/i>. Black widows are especially dangerous to children and small pets. Their venom is fifteen times more toxic than that of a rattlesnake. Though, they are reclusive creatures and almost never bite humans unless surprised and frightened.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">She was an especially difficult and feisty guest, she was not going without a fight. The black widow kept lowering herself on a string-web, avoiding me and my jar. Black widows are not the best web spinners&#8211;they don&#8217;t like to move vertically&#8211;they like staying in one place. She was getting upset with me, her arms flailing. However, I am happy to report I relocated her to the forest and I did not get bitten. The pictures were difficult to take as she was so close to the ceiling that my camera wouldn&#8217;t fit with the flash up. Enjoy viewing our lovely house guest (who now enjoys a life in the forest) :<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ATTfNs3sStk\/UFZBmrWo7OI\/AAAAAAAAKM4\/yzkVFZvrnhM\/s1600\/IMG_5076.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"336\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ATTfNs3sStk\/UFZBmrWo7OI\/AAAAAAAAKM4\/yzkVFZvrnhM\/s640\/IMG_5076.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-drsB4A-iqpc\/UFZBqxcsSsI\/AAAAAAAAKNA\/CD-9jENRyqY\/s1600\/IMG_5084.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"626\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-drsB4A-iqpc\/UFZBqxcsSsI\/AAAAAAAAKNA\/CD-9jENRyqY\/s640\/IMG_5084.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know fall is right around the corner at my house when Ms. Spider moves in. Every fall we find a few black widow spiders in our home. Mistaya found this lovely girl above our piano yesterday. 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