Latrodactus mactans

montepollock · Mar 30, 2009

Well,a few days ago I captured a female widow have kept it in a Jar since and Saturday noticed it has an Egg sac.Does any one know of a universry that may have use for it? I,m in a quandary,having caught it I can,t kill it,but the idea of 1-400 babies................
I will post pictures of the Egg in a day or so..

RON (PA) · Mar 30, 2009

Keep it in the jar and put it in the freezer. The cold will kill them. Leave it in there for about a week just to make sure.

Smee · Mar 30, 2009

. . . and the egg sack. We don't need hundreds more of them running around.

Feeling sorry? Heck, they don't mind biting you, which CAN be lethal. They'll never shed a tear.

BIG61AL · Mar 30, 2009

take it out in the woods and let it go and let nature decide if the hatchling live or not...spiders control insects and provide food for other small animals

montepollock · Mar 30, 2009

I found a professor at Ohio university who will adopt it.I supposse maybe use the venom for antitoxins.

montepollock · Apr 2, 2009

After a few phone calls I found a Universary in Ohio willing to adopt Her and Her eggs.I also found out that even in captivity She may produce 3 more eggsacs in a summer,each sac containing up to about 400 eggs.of these about 30 may survive and be sexually mature in about 3 months.Here is a picture of Her and her eggsac.