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Black widow populations drop as spider falls prey to brown widows
UPI ^ | MARCH 14, 2023 / 12:57 AM | By Sheri Walsh

Posted on 03/14/2023 6:42:44 AM PDT by Red Badger

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21 posted on 03/14/2023 7:18:29 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Red Badger

The Black Widows out of Pacoima are the greatest biker gang of all time.


22 posted on 03/14/2023 7:20:20 AM PDT by KobraKai
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23 posted on 03/14/2023 7:22:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: salmon76

I saw 2 ladybugs on top of eachother. I quished them! I’m tired of this deviancy!


24 posted on 03/14/2023 7:26:15 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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Lol! If only she would become a widow.


25 posted on 03/14/2023 7:29:20 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: 2nd Amendment

If 2 ladybugs are mating, should they be called lesbian bugs?


26 posted on 03/14/2023 7:30:10 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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While some of the encounters ended with the two spiders cohabiting

Does this mean they are also lesbian???

27 posted on 03/14/2023 7:39:38 AM PDT by rhinohunter (“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
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To: EvilCapitalist

All those lesbian bugs should be sent back to Lebanon!


28 posted on 03/14/2023 7:43:20 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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No. The lesbian bugs come from the Greek island of Lesbos.


29 posted on 03/14/2023 7:44:07 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve seen the BIG Brown Widow spider here in CA.

They look exactly like the Black, but are brown and bigger.

I do not know if they are poisonous to humans and animals.

But Google does.


30 posted on 03/14/2023 7:45:27 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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While some of the encounters ended with the two spiders cohabiting

Does this mean they are also lesbian???

They could just be like Quentin Tarantino's remake of the Golden Girls. Old, witty and leaving a trail of dead bodies behind.

31 posted on 03/14/2023 7:47:20 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Gain of Pfunction. Gain of Pfunding. Gain of Pfizer. Now in control of Project Pferitas.)
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To: Red Badger

Why is it that invading 3rd world species always kick the asses of native North American species?


32 posted on 03/14/2023 7:49:17 AM PDT by rhinohunter (“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
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I knew they came from some raghead country


33 posted on 03/14/2023 7:50:15 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: rhinohunter

Law of the Jungle.....................


34 posted on 03/14/2023 7:50:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Mariner

Latrodectus geometricus, commonly known as the brown widow, brown button spider, grey widow, brown black widow, house button spider or geometric button spider is one of the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus. It is a ‘cousin’ to Latrodectus mactans (Black Widows) and is not native to the United States but has been present in peninsular Florida for decades................

A co-worker where I used to work was bitten on the fingertip by one. He lost the end joint of his finger..................


35 posted on 03/14/2023 7:54:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

The browns are replacing the blacks.


36 posted on 03/14/2023 7:55:57 AM PDT by euram (allALL)
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Nah, just means they are 1 widow short of a Golden Girls reunion.


37 posted on 03/14/2023 8:02:18 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Does Jessie Jackson know about this?


38 posted on 03/14/2023 8:30:42 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Red Badger

Well played.


39 posted on 03/14/2023 8:32:16 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: DannyTN

“Brown widow venom causes less severe reactions to humans than black widows, and bites to people are very rare.”

That’s good to know!
I wonder if the environmentalists will get all bent out of joint over one spider species killing another.


40 posted on 03/14/2023 8:34:24 AM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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