Just outside of Nashville, TN, southeastern US, so this is kind of the heart of black widow territory from what I understand. I would bet my life on them being black widows black body, round abdomen about roughly a little smaller then a marble, red hour glass. The only one I wasn't sure of was the one of the porch, I hosed it down with raid from afar but it was sitting in the middle of a web that ran from the house to the porch railing. All I saw was the round black body...so I assumed.
Asked the gf this evening before going out if she saw anymore, and she told me she found a dead one in the flower bed under the mailbox...maybe my spraying worked? Other then that, no more have been seen since maybe Wednesdayish.
I can only imagine that maybe some eggs hatched and they were trying to get out of the house...only we found them first. Still kind of creepy though. On a side note I was reading in the paper the other day that the major flooding we had here this spring was responsible for driving brown recluse(s?)closer to peoples homes and there's been a lot more reported sightings/bites this year, is the same possible for widows?
Thanks again for the input all.
