Wasps are buttholes, but one might've just saved my life.

sitting outside at work, smoking a cigarette. A wasp was buzzing around me and wouldn't leave me alone, so I slowly got up to try and get away from it. I looked down where I was sitting and there was a spider right next to where I was. Not a big deal, I'm not the type to freak out about a spider, until I noticed it was a black widow.

thanks wasp.

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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

how did you tell it was a black widow? do't tell me youturned it over to check its belly!

SarahAndSamantha · 51-55, T

@samueltyler2 no, it had spun it's web onto the step I was sitting on. As it was crawling up the web, It's belly was towards me and I could see the hourglass. I'm not gonna intentionally get anywhere close enough to touch it lol

Coralmist · 41-45, F

@SarahAndSamantha I have read luckily if one were to be bitten by a widow they have a pill or med that counteracts the widows poison. I don't know if its a certain time frame to get the med..but I do not wish to find out😩

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Coralmist there is antivenin but it isn't readily available.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@SarahAndSamantha I caught a black widow spider once. I was going to take it home and keep it in a cage and feed it crickets. But it died of stress or something on the way home.