It wont let me comment only reply ?? Just wanted to say how awesome the coffin enclosure looked displayed. It really popped out. Nice job. Id be petrified to keep a black widow, the wolf spider is adorable 😍
Hi Kat! Former black widow owner here and just wanted to let you know, sometimes black widows can lay eggs regardless of being paired with a male. So keep an eye out, you might get an egg sac regardless. Ive also found that as long as you are calm around the spider the spider will be calm around you, the last thing they want to do is waste venom on something that is not preyt. They are very misunderstood, gentle spiders. You'll even see that she will drop old prey out of her web to keep her web clean :) You will love having a widow, i miss mine dearly. Looking forward to more content about her! Much love from Utah
They do tend to be very calm. My mother once picked a pepper from her garden with a black widow on it, and it didn't bite despite her almost squishing it with her finger. I also put my foot in a shoe with one that I thought was rock until it moved under my foot and again no bite. But to be fair, that might have been because it couldn't. lol
Can confirm. VERY timid little things. Attention newbies though: Don't play with them anyway. A bite would really suck and you don't get much out of playing with one of them. It's just not like they blindly attack anything. They prefer not being bothered and use flight over fight in most situations.
brown recluse spiders have that chaotic "i will find you and i will bite you" energy, black widows are very much "i'm just gonna chill in my space til you decide to fuck around and find out" energy
My aunt had a Blackwidow that created a blanket of webbing at the entrance of her underground storm shed. Her name was Big Bertha. My aunt would feed big Bertha rats and she was HUGE! Her children surrounded her, but you would always know who Big Bertha was because she would be smack dab in the middle. I would have to say no black widow I have seen has ever come close to her size and I have seen a lot from your typical gravid females to your jeuvanile ones that are getting their adult colors. It was quite amazing and a memory I won't forget! My aunt loved nature and respected everything from the trees in her yard as she would apologize to the plant while pruning to what was caught in the river. I remember wanting to keep this cool rockfish I caught and brought it back. Was told to return it, but it died (not enough oxygen) I was told to give it a funeral and bury it with respect. I did and then she explained her view on reincarnation and how what we become in the next life depends on how we act in this one. I miss her she was an amazing woman! Had her flaws, but I respected her.
@@hentron420 not mouse size rat sized for sure as I clarified with her and was a person who read animal encyclopedias and what not. That was how my younger sister and I felt because yes she was massive o.o. I think it's also memories like this that helped me and my sister not develope a fear of arachnids since as children we would hold jumping spiders and daddy long legs. Nature is incredible and things can develope in amazing ways if given the chance not to mention I am sure Genetics for spiders can have their own complexities. Who knows maybe she had a mutation, but it was a powerful image getting to see her.
I LOVE all these new shapes that Tarantula Cribs is doing for enclosures. If they find a way to do a heart shaped terrestrial enclosure I'm gonna lose my mind and all my money
I found a decent sized wolf spider in my garage and captured it to show my students before releasing it back into the wild. The kids were fascinated by it! Watching it crawl around in a container and then they love releasing it. I used to be so scared of spiders before finding your channel and now I find them so interesting!
I used to be so afraid of spiders that I couldn't sleep if I saw one in my house and wasn't able to "remove" it from my home. After watching this channel and educating myself a bit more I can actually catch ans release anything that finds its way inside. I'm glad you have also overcome you fear as well.
I would name her Morticia, because you already have a Wednesday :) She is beautiful, and so is the wolf spider! The wolf spider reminds me of Cheyenne pepper, or Cinnamon
Hey, I like your suggestion but wanna confirm.. did you mean ‘Cheyenne, (or) Pepper or Cinnamon?’ or ‘Cayenne Pepper or Cinnamon?’ I assumed you mean the second but not sure becuase my brain even thought of a third option which would be ‘Cheyenne Pepper’.. and I even like that too cuz it’s a funny play on Cayenne Pepper lol but more “feminine, if you will
I have a massive amount of respect for anyone that has a widow. I could never own one. I know they aren't as scary as they seem to be, but they're the only spider that actually makes me hesitate. Good luck!
That wolf spider is beautiful, you should call her oak to go with maple as they’re two types of tree The black widow’s web looks so good in the coffin enclosure as it’s all spindly
Black widows are my favorite spiders. They are slow and gentle. Scared little babies that always choose to run or play dead over biting. I think you will really enjoy having this little one.
Black widows are always gentle because I think they know how dangerous they are. For me it's usually bigger spiders that charge you know best defense is a better offense.
I feel you on the babies, I live in SoCal and caught a Black Widow, she's given me well over 300 babies. Separating them has been a huge chore, but I'm so happy with them. I hope to return them to the desert around my property to help with population. Possibly sell a few for anyone interested, but I haven't advertised yet. I love Microwilderness too, Nate helped me so much with my Aphonopelma Iodius. You're why I contacted him to begin with. He's beyond helpful. We plan to work together on some spider merch actually! So thank you so much for introducing me to him 😢🙏
I like our western black widow spiders. They are pretty calm. I don't need to buy any and we have a few hundred in our house. They just came in one winter and stayed! They really help keep any pests under control or stop them from making our home theirs! As long as you let them be they will leave you alone! Though they have been known to chase you if you keep harassing them as my eldest son found out, lols. We usually buy them some food for the winter. Outlet (because she commandeered our bathroom outlet) lived for about 3 years before she passed away. I didn't know they live that long til she came around. We had lots of fun watching her grow from a sling to full grown and have babies of her own! Wonderful spiders!
A black widow was actually the first spider I caught as a child. She was so big and beautiful in an old cider jug, but she spun a web right in the narrow neck, then laid eggs. The idea of little black widows infesting my bedroom was enough to get that jug outside into the wilderness. A quick open of the bottle, then I ran (I'm still not sure why I thought she'd chase? me). Now, I've actually lived in a couple places that are literally infested with them & I've gotten blasé. They're very mellow. I know I've almost put my hand on them while moving furniture, but I've never had one bite me or my animals. Still cautious because of the danger, but I've cupped dozens with no trouble other than they're surprisingly fast. I actually have to go through my house for another black widow inspection because there are a few webs I've spotted. I have four in tanks right now, including one with an egg case I have to fish out. The second one for the season. Not sure it's the right thing, but I usually flush them. The egg cases are a hassle, but are relatively easy to pull out. Long tweezers might help. Mothers are protective of them though, so I usually have to chase her off then cautiously remove from the very strong, hard to break web without dragging mama out on the web too. Their webbing is awesome, but can be difficult. They tend to build them at the top of the enclosure, which means while opening lids the spider is often on the lid. I no longer keep them in anything but a front-opening Exo-Terra, and even then have to be cautious I don't pull the entire web out when opening the door to feed. They really are gorgeous and can get huge. A light nearby makes them gleam & it's easier to see their markings (which vary a little from spider to spider). Maybe because I usually find full-grown adults they don't seem to live a really long time but I think I've seen somewhere they're one of those spiders that tends to die after egg laying season. Not sure though since I've had three egg cases this year & the ladies are still healthy looking.
Thank you for zooming in on thr wolf spider. Posing jumping spiders as cute as hell was a major step in reducing my arachnaphobia to the point jumping spiders don't scare me anymore and I can watch them in the wild without any anxiety. Seeing wolfies as cute might help reduce the fear from them as well!
I wondered when you’d get a Black Widow. They are amazing, beautiful spiders. I grew up on a big beautiful farm in East TN, and as far back as I can remember, we could go outside my Parent’s house and find Black Widow’s any time of year. They would always hide in the eves of their home, around the outside of the basement, deck and porch. Also, they loved to live and lay eggs inside bait stations for mice that were placed outside the home. I’ve always wondered if they come in with the brick used to build the home. We’d go outside and look for them, and I’ve seen some grow to be really big. They are not aggressive at all, and never a threat to us in any way. A few years ago, my Mom made an enclosure for an abandoned egg sack, and she placed it inside her bedroom to watch. She enjoyed watching the babies hatch and took care of them. When the babies got big enough, she turned them loose outside. My Mom loved them, but my Dad was not so happy about it. However, he knew better than to argue with her. Other than a few Jumping Spiders that decided to come inside to live over the years, which were always welcomed and named, the Black Widow babies were the only time she had enclosed spiders. I can tell you those baby Black Widows knew my Mom’s voice. They would move around the enclosure to her when she talked to them. It was amazing to watch, and I have many similar stories. Mom was amazing and beautiful as well, and sadly she passed away in her sleep last June and my Dad, which was an amazing beautiful soul as well, passed away 3 years before my Mom, neither were sick, just gone in a blink. My Mom taught my 2 sisters and I to love and respect all creatures. However, spiders were mine and my Mom’s thing. My Mom and I enjoyed observing them and talking about them, as far back as I can remember, and long after I grew up and moved out. The farm was a special place, and just seeing that you got a Black Widow at this time in my grief, makes me smile. My sisters and I, had no other options, and sold the farm last week. It’s been the hardest thing in my life to date. It was the last connection to my parents. I am a very lucky person to have such beautiful memories and loving parents that taught me to see the beauty in all the little things, such as the Black Widow Spiders.
black widows are shy creatures she won't bite she will more likely pull her legs in balling up to protect her self she doesn't have good vision but if you press on her and she feels like the only way to escape the danger is to bite then she will but its a last resort I grew up in a desert and was always very curious so I've handled just about anything that runs, crawls, slithers, and so on was always amazed how strong their webs are with this spider found one with a lizard caught in its web and even seen one frozen solid dropped her and it sounded like a marble hitting the ground a while later she thawed out and still 100 alive pretty amazing!
That hexagon shaped enclosure chef kiss !!! I just got a Colombian curtain web spider sling, but I can see already that enclosure is going to be perfect for her when she matures ! Love ur videos !
the Black Widow, I think a good name for her would be Nightshade. if you haven't already picked one out of course! They absolutely terrify me, but everything venomous or poisonous does, but its kinda cool to see how gentle she was compared to like a wolf spider that darts all over the place. It kinda gives off a 'regal' vibe, you know?
When I was really little my grandparents had a house with quite a large covered porch at the front door. A black widow decided to build her web just opposite the front door and my gran did what she always did and instilled a healthy love and respect for the little beauty. She told me that they are venomous so I shouldn’t go anywhere near it but that as long as we didn’t disturb it, it wouldn’t bother us. I don’t know how long that spider lived there but in my child’s mind it was ages. It became almost a pet. We greeted every time we left and came home. I miss my gran. She was an amazing human 🖤💜
My garage is full of Western widows and I just let them hang out! I rescued one that was super skinny and kept her for observation. Fascinating spiders! I love that enclosure, it’s so perfect! Nate gave me a Carolinesis a month ago and she’s easily my favorite of all the wolf spiders! I named her Betty White bc she’s bad ass!
Somewhere along the line my arachnophobia was like "alright I'm done here" and took off, because now I think spiders are awesome and (in regards to Maple and Salem) pretty cute sometimes. I was on my back patio and I saw a jumping spider walking towards me, and for a couple minutes we just sat there and observed each other from an arm's length, and then it left. I don't know, it was cool to see how curious and inquisitive it was. Also real quickly: One time I was skating in Southern California, and I sat down on these benches we were skating and leaned back, cupping my hand around the edge of the bench. My finger grazed a web and so I looked down there, and sure enough there was a good sized black widow with a bright red hourglass and everything, I was tripping out at the time but now it's funny😂
Fun fact about me. I was in New Mexico on a trip to California. I went to open a rest area door, and felt a pinch on my finger. Low and behold, I had accidentally pressed on a Black Widow tucked under the edge of the door handle. And i got bit by her. Instead of freaking out, unaliving her, etc. I let her crawl onto my hand and i moved her to a bush nearby and released her. As for the bite, it was a terrible experience. I was sick, in pain, etc for a good 5 days. I learned 2 things that day. Number 1, check door handles and any hiding spots in black widow territory, and number 2, you do NOT want to be bitten by one, cause it will put you on your backside😂😂 Love the video as always Kat!!
We have so many wolf spiders here. They come out at night and hunt around the lawn for bugs. I've always had such a phobia with spiders but I find your channel super interesting for some reason and just can't stop watching. You make me fear them a lot less than I used to 😊 I wonder if I'll ever have the guts to own one lol
I went from not being able to look at pictures of spiders without sweating to owning several as pets 🤦🏻♀️ and now you’ve got me wanting a black widow!!
We caught a black widow to show our kids when we first moved down south then forgot it in a big keeper. By the time we pulled it down off of the cabinet soffit there was an egg sac with super active visible spiders swarming inside the would have easily fit through the holes of the keeper. So glad we found it before they populated our house.
I will say, i am NOT a spider person, they freak me tf out.. BUT I have always loved how weird Black Widows are. Like, they're a beautiful color, but the way they move is crazy. Giant, spindly legs that just kinda... move. Like it kind of looks like something else controls the legs and they just control the body. It's surreal and ethereal and I love it
I always have a few black widows in my collection. They are recues from neighbor houses during the cold months. They are so much more gentle and easy gping than prople think.
Imagine sending away for a black widow spider! I have one in the window above my kitchen sink. Most of the time they don't live in the house, but this is an exception. She is so faithful to her site that I don't even worry about the children getting at her. The 5-year-old girl knows a black widow when she sees one, and has pointed them out to me near the wood pile.
I keep a False Widow named Falsetto! Not a black widow but still so gorgeous. She made a home in a box on my window sill that I sleep by until I bought a nice enclosure for her myself. Truly misunderstood beauties.
I've never seen an aggressive or emotional black widow. They are so easygoing. You know the only time they bite a person is if one gets trapped under the clothing and the pressure forces her fangs into the skin.
I love the names Midnight, Belladonna, or Elvira for your beautiful new black widow. For the wolf spider, i thought Autumn or Bellatrix would be fitting. I did also see some else suggested Clementine, which is also cute. Whatever you choose it will be awsome. All your pets have great names that seem to fit them perfectly ❤😊
Ohh wow Kat😊😊 I adore the coffin enclosure ⚰️ that you put your Black Widow in, the hexagon is super cool too for your wolf spider. Ace video Kat. 😮 Take care. 💚😘💕🕷️xx
I kept a western widow for two years, and yours reminds me of her so much. ♥ Lucy was always very slow, very gentle in her demeanor. Even could confidently free-handle her without issue! (Which, ofc dont do just because, to anyone else.) I also had her set up in a huge enclosure with a rose as well! She really loved it, and would nestle into the fake petals, very pretty imagery. Thankfully they're not like recluses in that they are very much not zippy. I wish you the best with her!! She's a lil beb and seems to have a great demeanor. ;w;
Love the new spiders, especially the black widow. Its a very strikingly beautiful spider. It fits so perfectly into the coffin enclosure, size and appearance. Another great video, very well done.
someone suggested 'clementine' for the wolf spider, which is perfect, and i think a cute name for the black widow would be 'darling' great video, really love what u did for the scapes of the enclosures!!!
Yes, be careful of too much moisture. I live in the California central valley & there are HUGE black widows almost everywhere! They tend to avoid where we water regularly & seem to prefer it very dry. There's morning dew in the spring & fall, but the temperatures remain too high during summer, when they're most numerous & active. Also, I saved a wolf spider from being squashed in the jamb of our self-closing garage door. It almost got him & he was in absolute shock so I was able to have a really great photo session before escorting him outside.
I live in Arkansas, we have so many jumpers. The cool thing about the ones in our house is most of them are blonde or white with black spots. They are super cute.
If you enjoy your black widow, you should consider getting a red widow. I have one that ive been raising since it was a aling and its beautiful and fascinating! Mine is named Scarlet
If you ever need more magnolia leaves, I'm happy to send you some. I have plenty, LOL. I like using the pods, too. They're so pretty in enclosures, and while crickets can hide in them, my scorpions manage. ;)
Agh, I'm jealous lol. You got a free Carolina. Those are my favorite wolf spiders to keep, but so hard to find online or in the wild for me. Especially, females. Also, I love my Western black widow, Belladonna. I have learned they love to attach webs to the walls and the web silk is very strong (She's my first widow). Personally, I have my girl in a container with the opening at the top so there's little chance of her being near my hands or risk her getting out when opening. Btw, you're more than welcome to name your girl Belladonna as well. Belladonna is a type of nightshade plant and I think it matches their lethal beauty. One more thing, if you feel inclined to name your beautiful Carolina, Eclipse, I would be greatly honored. My first Carolina was named Eclipse and was such an amazing spider. Sadly, I lost her unexpectedly last September. Congrats on your gorgeous new additions.
spent many years in CA. at work a bunch of us hung out back and smoked sitting up against the building til one day a wasp came by and a guy slapped it down at the ground... it hit a black window web we didnt know was there, and this HUGE Window came down to get it, but it broke away and trigger another Widow right next and then another and another. There was 4 HUGE QUARTER sized widows within 6 inches of each other. Western Windows get big.
We have loads of Steatoda sp. in Europe, (especially in the UK, specifically in the south including London), commonly known as false widows and they’re house spiders. Everyone has them in their home. They’re really close to Latrodectus sp. (Black widows) in behaviour and look. Both are really gentle, docile, actually quite fearful of anything human and will run to hide or freeze. I’ve never seen one attack! Whereas garden spiders and cellar spiders (Pholcus) are more aggressive yet can’t cause harm to humans 😅
I'm not a spider keeper. But I did help a very lethargic S. nobilis out of out window here in our student house. Most species of this genus are pretty nice and gentle, so I hear.
love the coffin spider cage suits the theme "widow" very well. ☺ I feel a little bad for the wolf spider they have good vision and are really active hunters they're built to for running and chasing! 🥺
Love my wolf spiders. They are amazing and way more quirky than some of my T's. Love the coloration. The KS version is a little more brown. Several variants around here. Want any lol, I have a crib o' babies on a mama atm. Love the videos & info. Widows are on my list, I am fascinated by them. I have yet to find a spider or arachnid that I cannot find fascination in. (Doesn't mean I want them all. Well... maybe...) Thanks for the vids!
Wolfies are definitely my FAVORITE true spider species!!! ❤ Love Hilda & Maple! Maple is who inspired my love of Wolfies & now I have about 8 Hogna carolinensis along with multiple other wolf spider species ☺️
Wa state here and we have black widows on eastern side of state-one lived in corner of my garage and I’d talk to her when I’d go out there-she passed 😢 we leave them alone (people freak we don’t spray). I did have 1 land on my leg while floating in out pool-startled me so I flicked it
The black widow is so beautiful. Her webbing work looked like she was knitting. That Coffin enclosure is perfect for a black widow, she looks like she belongs in a movie.
@ 7:00 what a wonderful shot of the wolf spider that you took with the camera.. I watched it over 50x just watching his big eyes just so amazing.I wondering ?? What we look like to have them?? So awesome great video tarantula kat. Thank you hun. Most dope..🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️
I feel like either Coraline or Emily would fit your Black Widow really well (from the movies “Coraline” and “The Corpse Bride”. I like the name Mirabella, too. It means “wonderous beauty”. She’s truly stunning.
I actually started my spider keeping journey with a Latrodectus hesperus. Gorgeous spiders and so so easy to take care of! They are fast on their web, but slow and clumsy on the ground lol.
Hey Kat!!! 😁😁😁😁Still a HUGE fan of the coffin enlosure you did and how perfectly it looks now with the black widow added!! But I have to say that your Wolf spider Looks FANTASTIC!! Absolutely Loving her colors... Great Video as always... I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.. ❤❤🕷🕷❤❤
I watch this other channel with this dude who goes out and hold spiders etc like black widows. He's shown how they can be very unlikely to bite unless they feel threatened. And shows that a lot of spiders etc that are something you don't want to be bitten by are actually somewhat chill. I'll still be avoiding them cause I'd still get bit just looking at one. But it cool to see.
@Michelle Mark awesome 👌 I love learning new things especially about spiders, I spent watching to long with a fear of them. So I'm working hard on learning about different things so I'm way less afraid. I think I'm getting to a point of just not being so sure around them.
I had a black widow once that absolutely terrified me when I had to move her into an enclosure (we found her on the doorstep on Halloween) but she soon won my heart over. We named her Lydia! And now I shall suggest the name to you
Name her Betty Lou after Betty Lou Beets. I work outside. Sometimes I have to put on waders to get in the swamp and when I take them off I ALWAYS have at least one wolf spider on me somewhere just hanging out. I still have a pretty healthy fear of spiders, but in a weird way I feel like I understand them better now that we spend quality time together.
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Name the black widow Xena :)
I'd name the wolf spider Bean. Because her fangs remind me of baked beans 😅😂
How about Jabba for the wolf spider, Omega for the black widow. I’m a Star Wars fan 😜
I think she looks like a peach 🍑❤🕷️
It wont let me comment only reply ?? Just wanted to say how awesome the coffin enclosure looked displayed. It really popped out. Nice job. Id be petrified to keep a black widow, the wolf spider is adorable 😍
Hi Kat! Former black widow owner here and just wanted to let you know, sometimes black widows can lay eggs regardless of being paired with a male. So keep an eye out, you might get an egg sac regardless.
Ive also found that as long as you are calm around the spider the spider will be calm around you, the last thing they want to do is waste venom on something that is not preyt. They are very misunderstood, gentle spiders. You'll even see that she will drop old prey out of her web to keep her web clean :) You will love having a widow, i miss mine dearly. Looking forward to more content about her! Much love from Utah
thnx!
I have only worked with mediteranean black widows so far and I agree with what was said. They are one of the calmest spiders I ever interacted with.
They do tend to be very calm. My mother once picked a pepper from her garden with a black widow on it, and it didn't bite despite her almost squishing it with her finger. I also put my foot in a shoe with one that I thought was rock until it moved under my foot and again no bite. But to be fair, that might have been because it couldn't. lol
Can confirm. VERY timid little things. Attention newbies though: Don't play with them anyway. A bite would really suck and you don't get much out of playing with one of them.
It's just not like they blindly attack anything. They prefer not being bothered and use flight over fight in most situations.
A gentle spider with very potent venom. Still, they're not aggressive so that's a plus.
Clementine would be such a cute name for your wolf spider🍊✨
Absolutely cool! 🕷🧡👍
I came here to suggest the exact same!!! 🍊
totally agree 🧡
Awwwww super cute 😍 idea
Absolutely agree, that would be perfect!!
brown recluse spiders have that chaotic "i will find you and i will bite you" energy, black widows are very much "i'm just gonna chill in my space til you decide to fuck around and find out" energy
My aunt had a Blackwidow that created a blanket of webbing at the entrance of her underground storm shed. Her name was Big Bertha. My aunt would feed big Bertha rats and she was HUGE! Her children surrounded her, but you would always know who Big Bertha was because she would be smack dab in the middle. I would have to say no black widow I have seen has ever come close to her size and I have seen a lot from your typical gravid females to your jeuvanile ones that are getting their adult colors. It was quite amazing and a memory I won't forget! My aunt loved nature and respected everything from the trees in her yard as she would apologize to the plant while pruning to what was caught in the river. I remember wanting to keep this cool rockfish I caught and brought it back. Was told to return it, but it died (not enough oxygen) I was told to give it a funeral and bury it with respect. I did and then she explained her view on reincarnation and how what we become in the next life depends on how we act in this one. I miss her she was an amazing woman! Had her flaws, but I respected her.
Wait, feeding RATS to a BLACK WIDOW???? Either the rats were almost mouse size or that black widow was exposed to radiation 😭 That’s insane omg
OMG loved reading your comment. Your aunt sounded like an amazing women ❤
@@hentron420 not mouse size rat sized for sure as I clarified with her and was a person who read animal encyclopedias and what not. That was how my younger sister and I felt because yes she was massive o.o. I think it's also memories like this that helped me and my sister not develope a fear of arachnids since as children we would hold jumping spiders and daddy long legs. Nature is incredible and things can develope in amazing ways if given the chance not to mention I am sure Genetics for spiders can have their own complexities. Who knows maybe she had a mutation, but it was a powerful image getting to see her.
@@BRANDYMQ She was
@@houndgirl7365 that's awesome🩷
I LOVE all these new shapes that Tarantula Cribs is doing for enclosures. If they find a way to do a heart shaped terrestrial enclosure I'm gonna lose my mind and all my money
I found a decent sized wolf spider in my garage and captured it to show my students before releasing it back into the wild. The kids were fascinated by it! Watching it crawl around in a container and then they love releasing it. I used to be so scared of spiders before finding your channel and now I find them so interesting!
I used to be so afraid of spiders that I couldn't sleep if I saw one in my house and wasn't able to "remove" it from my home. After watching this channel and educating myself a bit more I can actually catch ans release anything that finds its way inside. I'm glad you have also overcome you fear as well.
I would name her Morticia, because you already have a Wednesday :) She is beautiful, and so is the wolf spider! The wolf spider reminds me of Cheyenne pepper, or Cinnamon
Hey, I like your suggestion but wanna confirm.. did you mean
‘Cheyenne, (or) Pepper or Cinnamon?’
or ‘Cayenne Pepper or Cinnamon?’
I assumed you mean the second but not sure becuase my brain even thought of a third option which would be ‘Cheyenne Pepper’.. and I even like that too cuz it’s a funny play on Cayenne Pepper lol but more “feminine, if you will
I’d name her Natasha, after Black Widow from the Marvel Comics ♥️ She’s gorgeous 😍
I bought one last week and I named her Natasha as well
Yeah, or Ebony 🕷♥️
Oh I love Natasha , that’s a great name for the black widow ! Great idea !!
We need an overall span-out tour of all of your spiders now! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I have a massive amount of respect for anyone that has a widow. I could never own one. I know they aren't as scary as they seem to be, but they're the only spider that actually makes me hesitate. Good luck!
omg as a black widow in a MCR inspired enclosure you HAVE to name her Helena! So fitting!
That wolf spider is beautiful, you should call her oak to go with maple as they’re two types of tree
The black widow’s web looks so good in the coffin enclosure as it’s all spindly
I was thinking Autumn cause of the beautiful orange
I watch your channel to try and get over ny arachnophobia, i never thiught id be ordering a spider plushie!! But the Salem plushie is adorable!! 🕷
The Black Widow enclosure, with a widow, would make a cool Valentine's Day gift, or Mother's Day. That is wild.
8:11 is absolutely adorable when the camera focuses in and reveals the spider just staring at us with its big eyes! :D
Black widows are my favorite spiders. They are slow and gentle. Scared little babies that always choose to run or play dead over biting. I think you will really enjoy having this little one.
Black widows are always gentle because I think they know how dangerous they are. For me it's usually bigger spiders that charge you know best defense is a better offense.
I love the name Yelena for the black widow. Yelena in a Helena inclosure. Yelena Bolova is the second black widow character for marvel comics
I feel you on the babies, I live in SoCal and caught a Black Widow, she's given me well over 300 babies. Separating them has been a huge chore, but I'm so happy with them. I hope to return them to the desert around my property to help with population. Possibly sell a few for anyone interested, but I haven't advertised yet.
I love Microwilderness too, Nate helped me so much with my Aphonopelma Iodius. You're why I contacted him to begin with. He's beyond helpful.
We plan to work together on some spider merch actually! So thank you so much for introducing me to him 😢🙏
I like our western black widow spiders. They are pretty calm. I don't need to buy any and we have a few hundred in our house. They just came in one winter and stayed! They really help keep any pests under control or stop them from making our home theirs! As long as you let them be they will leave you alone! Though they have been known to chase you if you keep harassing them as my eldest son found out, lols. We usually buy them some food for the winter. Outlet (because she commandeered our bathroom outlet) lived for about 3 years before she passed away. I didn't know they live that long til she came around. We had lots of fun watching her grow from a sling to full grown and have babies of her own!
Wonderful spiders!
A black widow was actually the first spider I caught as a child. She was so big and beautiful in an old cider jug, but she spun a web right in the narrow neck, then laid eggs. The idea of little black widows infesting my bedroom was enough to get that jug outside into the wilderness. A quick open of the bottle, then I ran (I'm still not sure why I thought she'd chase? me).
Now, I've actually lived in a couple places that are literally infested with them & I've gotten blasé. They're very mellow. I know I've almost put my hand on them while moving furniture, but I've never had one bite me or my animals. Still cautious because of the danger, but I've cupped dozens with no trouble other than they're surprisingly fast. I actually have to go through my house for another black widow inspection because there are a few webs I've spotted.
I have four in tanks right now, including one with an egg case I have to fish out. The second one for the season. Not sure it's the right thing, but I usually flush them. The egg cases are a hassle, but are relatively easy to pull out. Long tweezers might help. Mothers are protective of them though, so I usually have to chase her off then cautiously remove from the very strong, hard to break web without dragging mama out on the web too.
Their webbing is awesome, but can be difficult. They tend to build them at the top of the enclosure, which means while opening lids the spider is often on the lid. I no longer keep them in anything but a front-opening Exo-Terra, and even then have to be cautious I don't pull the entire web out when opening the door to feed.
They really are gorgeous and can get huge. A light nearby makes them gleam & it's easier to see their markings (which vary a little from spider to spider). Maybe because I usually find full-grown adults they don't seem to live a really long time but I think I've seen somewhere they're one of those spiders that tends to die after egg laying season. Not sure though since I've had three egg cases this year & the ladies are still healthy looking.
The character in Overwatch called Widowmaker, her symbol is the black widow. Her real name is Amelie, and she used to be a ballet dancer. 🥰
Thank you for zooming in on thr wolf spider. Posing jumping spiders as cute as hell was a major step in reducing my arachnaphobia to the point jumping spiders don't scare me anymore and I can watch them in the wild without any anxiety. Seeing wolfies as cute might help reduce the fear from them as well!
I wondered when you’d get a Black Widow. They are amazing, beautiful spiders. I grew up on a big beautiful farm in East TN, and as far back as I can remember, we could go outside my Parent’s house and find Black Widow’s any time of year. They would always hide in the eves of their home, around the outside of the basement, deck and porch. Also, they loved to live and lay eggs inside bait stations for mice that were placed outside the home. I’ve always wondered if they come in with the brick used to build the home. We’d go outside and look for them, and I’ve seen some grow to be really big. They are not aggressive at all, and never a threat to us in any way. A few years ago, my Mom made an enclosure for an abandoned egg sack, and she placed it inside her bedroom to watch. She enjoyed watching the babies hatch and took care of them. When the babies got big enough, she turned them loose outside. My Mom loved them, but my Dad was not so happy about it. However, he knew better than to argue with her. Other than a few Jumping Spiders that decided to come inside to live over the years, which were always welcomed and named, the Black Widow babies were the only time she had enclosed spiders. I can tell you those baby Black Widows knew my Mom’s voice. They would move around the enclosure to her when she talked to them. It was amazing to watch, and I have many similar stories. Mom was amazing and beautiful as well, and sadly she passed away in her sleep last June and my Dad, which was an amazing beautiful soul as well, passed away 3 years before my Mom, neither were sick, just gone in a blink. My Mom taught my 2 sisters and I to love and respect all creatures. However, spiders were mine and my Mom’s thing. My Mom and I enjoyed observing them and talking about them, as far back as I can remember, and long after I grew up and moved out. The farm was a special place, and just seeing that you got a Black Widow at this time in my grief, makes me smile. My sisters and I, had no other options, and sold the farm last week. It’s been the hardest thing in my life to date. It was the last connection to my parents. I am a very lucky person to have such beautiful memories and loving parents that taught me to see the beauty in all the little things, such as the Black Widow Spiders.
My favorite part is watching them actually eat. They make quick work of their webs too which is so cool.
black widows are shy creatures she won't bite she will more likely pull her legs in balling up to protect her self she doesn't have good vision but if you press on her and she feels like the only way to escape the danger is to bite then she will but its a last resort I grew up in a desert and was always very curious so I've handled just about anything that runs, crawls, slithers, and so on was always amazed how strong their webs are with this spider found one with a lizard caught in its web and even seen one frozen solid dropped her and it sounded like a marble hitting the ground a while later she thawed out and still 100 alive pretty amazing!
That hexagon shaped enclosure chef kiss !!! I just got a Colombian curtain web spider sling, but I can see already that enclosure is going to be perfect for her when she matures ! Love ur videos !
Coraline 😍 I know the other mother tends to be the black widow character, but coraline is cute.
i love how shiny the black widow is, never realized how sleek they look
the Black Widow, I think a good name for her would be Nightshade. if you haven't already picked one out of course! They absolutely terrify me, but everything venomous or poisonous does, but its kinda cool to see how gentle she was compared to like a wolf spider that darts all over the place. It kinda gives off a 'regal' vibe, you know?
When I was really little my grandparents had a house with quite a large covered porch at the front door. A black widow decided to build her web just opposite the front door and my gran did what she always did and instilled a healthy love and respect for the little beauty. She told me that they are venomous so I shouldn’t go anywhere near it but that as long as we didn’t disturb it, it wouldn’t bother us. I don’t know how long that spider lived there but in my child’s mind it was ages. It became almost a pet. We greeted every time we left and came home. I miss my gran. She was an amazing human 🖤💜
My garage is full of Western widows and I just let them hang out! I rescued one that was super skinny and kept her for observation. Fascinating spiders! I love that enclosure, it’s so perfect! Nate gave me a Carolinesis a month ago and she’s easily my favorite of all the wolf spiders! I named her Betty White bc she’s bad ass!
Cool casket shape enclosure with the rose gives it a vampiric vibe to the widow,, Dahlia is a good name for her from black dahlia murder 🕷❤️🖤
Somewhere along the line my arachnophobia was like "alright I'm done here" and took off, because now I think spiders are awesome and (in regards to Maple and Salem) pretty cute sometimes. I was on my back patio and I saw a jumping spider walking towards me, and for a couple minutes we just sat there and observed each other from an arm's length, and then it left. I don't know, it was cool to see how curious and inquisitive it was.
Also real quickly: One time I was skating in Southern California, and I sat down on these benches we were skating and leaned back, cupping my hand around the edge of the bench. My finger grazed a web and so I looked down there, and sure enough there was a good sized black widow with a bright red hourglass and everything, I was tripping out at the time but now it's funny😂
Fun fact about me. I was in New Mexico on a trip to California. I went to open a rest area door, and felt a pinch on my finger. Low and behold, I had accidentally pressed on a Black Widow tucked under the edge of the door handle. And i got bit by her. Instead of freaking out, unaliving her, etc. I let her crawl onto my hand and i moved her to a bush nearby and released her. As for the bite, it was a terrible experience. I was sick, in pain, etc for a good 5 days. I learned 2 things that day. Number 1, check door handles and any hiding spots in black widow territory, and number 2, you do NOT want to be bitten by one, cause it will put you on your backside😂😂 Love the video as always Kat!!
We have so many wolf spiders here. They come out at night and hunt around the lawn for bugs. I've always had such a phobia with spiders but I find your channel super interesting for some reason and just can't stop watching. You make me fear them a lot less than I used to 😊 I wonder if I'll ever have the guts to own one lol
I went from not being able to look at pictures of spiders without sweating to owning several as pets 🤦🏻♀️ and now you’ve got me wanting a black widow!!
I would love to see more wolf spider videos. Such cool spiders
I agree! They're so cool! I really want a white wolf spider ❤
We caught a black widow to show our kids when we first moved down south then forgot it in a big keeper. By the time we pulled it down off of the cabinet soffit there was an egg sac with super active visible spiders swarming inside the would have easily fit through the holes of the keeper. So glad we found it before they populated our house.
I will say, i am NOT a spider person, they freak me tf out.. BUT I have always loved how weird Black Widows are. Like, they're a beautiful color, but the way they move is crazy. Giant, spindly legs that just kinda... move. Like it kind of looks like something else controls the legs and they just control the body. It's surreal and ethereal and I love it
I found two female black widows in my sisters shed this weekend. I didn't keep them Incase they had babies, but they where so Kool!
We have opened up 50 more for pre order!
wolf spiders have one of the sweetest lil faces. they remind me of boxer breed dogs!
I always have a few black widows in my collection. They are recues from neighbor houses during the cold months. They are so much more gentle and easy gping than prople think.
I did *not* think that was gonna be as much of a vibe as it turned out to be.
Imagine sending away for a black widow spider! I have one in the window above my kitchen sink. Most of the time they don't live in the house, but this is an exception. She is so faithful to her site that I don't even worry about the children getting at her. The 5-year-old girl knows a black widow when she sees one, and has pointed them out to me near the wood pile.
I keep a False Widow named Falsetto! Not a black widow but still so gorgeous. She made a home in a box on my window sill that I sleep by until I bought a nice enclosure for her myself. Truly misunderstood beauties.
What about Cedar, or Willow? Like going off of the trees. You have a Maple. Hahah
Hahahah !!! Dang Kat !!!! Treatin that girl like she’s a huntsman with wandering spider venom !!! Lol !!
😂 1000% great description
I've never seen an aggressive or emotional black widow. They are so easygoing. You know the only time they bite a person is if one gets trapped under the clothing and the pressure forces her fangs into the skin.
I love the names Midnight, Belladonna, or Elvira for your beautiful new black widow. For the wolf spider, i thought Autumn or Bellatrix would be fitting. I did also see some else suggested Clementine, which is also cute.
Whatever you choose it will be awsome. All your pets have great names that seem to fit them perfectly ❤😊
I have an all black jumping spider named Midnight ❤ my husband named him. 😊
Ohh wow Kat😊😊 I adore the coffin enclosure ⚰️ that you put your Black Widow in, the hexagon is super cool too for your wolf spider. Ace video Kat. 😮
Take care. 💚😘💕🕷️xx
I kept a western widow for two years, and yours reminds me of her so much. ♥ Lucy was always very slow, very gentle in her demeanor. Even could confidently free-handle her without issue! (Which, ofc dont do just because, to anyone else.) I also had her set up in a huge enclosure with a rose as well! She really loved it, and would nestle into the fake petals, very pretty imagery. Thankfully they're not like recluses in that they are very much not zippy.
I wish you the best with her!! She's a lil beb and seems to have a great demeanor. ;w;
With the wolf spider’s coloring, I can’t help but think Amber for a name. And Amber and Maple just fit together.
Love the new spiders, especially the black widow. Its a very strikingly beautiful spider. It fits so perfectly into the coffin enclosure, size and appearance. Another great video, very well done.
The Wolfspider is sooo Adorable and I loove the Black Widow too!😃😄 Could you maybe make a Update about Maple? Love your Videos☺️
Yea i agree with clementine. Adorable. Also i kept a black widow for a while and released it(it was native) very cool spiders
love that you always add little you type things...eg mushrooms, i am the same .i add varying different size skulls from 3cm to 40cm..
Wolf spider plushie in the future… just sayin’! 😉
someone suggested 'clementine' for the wolf spider, which is perfect, and i think a cute name for the black widow would be 'darling'
great video, really love what u did for the scapes of the enclosures!!!
Yes, be careful of too much moisture. I live in the California central valley & there are HUGE black widows almost everywhere! They tend to avoid where we water regularly & seem to prefer it very dry. There's morning dew in the spring & fall, but the temperatures remain too high during summer, when they're most numerous & active. Also, I saved a wolf spider from being squashed in the jamb of our self-closing garage door. It almost got him & he was in absolute shock so I was able to have a really great photo session before escorting him outside.
Daisy would be a cute name for your new wolf spider. The orange reminds me of Princess Daisy.
I live in Arkansas, we have so many jumpers. The cool thing about the ones in our house is most of them are blonde or white with black spots. They are super cute.
i have so much respect for spiders and watching your channel everyday has kinda helped me overcome my fear . your amazing kat .
the orange on that wolf spider matches the mushroom so perfectly lol
Butternut ( butternut squash coloring ) for the Wolf spider.
If you enjoy your black widow, you should consider getting a red widow. I have one that ive been raising since it was a aling and its beautiful and fascinating! Mine is named Scarlet
You are so good with spiders I think Spider-Man would share his secret of his identity with you. Lol.
If you ever need more magnolia leaves, I'm happy to send you some. I have plenty, LOL. I like using the pods, too. They're so pretty in enclosures, and while crickets can hide in them, my scorpions manage. ;)
Black widows have been my favorite spiders to keep. Excited to see one on the channel!
Agh, I'm jealous lol. You got a free Carolina. Those are my favorite wolf spiders to keep, but so hard to find online or in the wild for me. Especially, females. Also, I love my Western black widow, Belladonna. I have learned they love to attach webs to the walls and the web silk is very strong (She's my first widow). Personally, I have my girl in a container with the opening at the top so there's little chance of her being near my hands or risk her getting out when opening. Btw, you're more than welcome to name your girl Belladonna as well. Belladonna is a type of nightshade plant and I think it matches their lethal beauty. One more thing, if you feel inclined to name your beautiful Carolina, Eclipse, I would be greatly honored. My first Carolina was named Eclipse and was such an amazing spider. Sadly, I lost her unexpectedly last September. Congrats on your gorgeous new additions.
i love seeing the variations in thickness of her silk!! thats so cool to see her to use on the fly
spent many years in CA. at work a bunch of us hung out back and smoked sitting up against the building til one day a wasp came by and a guy slapped it down at the ground... it hit a black window web we didnt know was there, and this HUGE Window came down to get it, but it broke away and trigger another Widow right next and then another and another. There was 4 HUGE QUARTER sized widows within 6 inches of each other. Western Windows get big.
We have loads of Steatoda sp. in Europe, (especially in the UK, specifically in the south including London), commonly known as false widows and they’re house spiders. Everyone has them in their home.
They’re really close to Latrodectus sp. (Black widows) in behaviour and look. Both are really gentle, docile, actually quite fearful of anything human and will run to hide or freeze. I’ve never seen one attack! Whereas garden spiders and cellar spiders (Pholcus) are more aggressive yet can’t cause harm to humans 😅
I'm not a spider keeper. But I did help a very lethargic S. nobilis out of out window here in our student house. Most species of this genus are pretty nice and gentle, so I hear.
Now that spider is the ultimate badass.
And very cute too
love the coffin spider cage suits the theme "widow" very well. ☺ I feel a little bad for the wolf spider they have good vision and are really active hunters they're built to for running and chasing! 🥺
Wolf spiders are so cool! Omg her little face is so adorable adorable!
Love my wolf spiders. They are amazing and way more quirky than some of my T's. Love the coloration. The KS version is a little more brown. Several variants around here. Want any lol, I have a crib o' babies on a mama atm. Love the videos & info. Widows are on my list, I am fascinated by them. I have yet to find a spider or arachnid that I cannot find fascination in. (Doesn't mean I want them all. Well... maybe...) Thanks for the vids!
oo call wolfspider "Honey Dijon"...
it matches her color and sounds fancy like an old school jazz singer or something lol
Natasha romanoff aka black widow one of my fav marvel heros
Wolfies are definitely my FAVORITE true spider species!!! ❤ Love Hilda & Maple!
Maple is who inspired my love of Wolfies & now I have about 8 Hogna carolinensis along with multiple other wolf spider species ☺️
Wa state here and we have black widows on eastern side of state-one lived in corner of my garage and I’d talk to her when I’d go out there-she passed 😢 we leave them alone (people freak we don’t spray). I did have 1 land on my leg while floating in out pool-startled me so I flicked it
❤ that enclosure fits widow so well 😊 luv it makes her look dangerous like a vamp
Hi Kat, as an Aussie we have the Red Back spider. I love them. Very calm and gentle spider. Amazing to watch as well. 🖤🕸
The black widow is so beautiful. Her webbing work looked like she was knitting. That Coffin enclosure is perfect for a black widow, she looks like she belongs in a movie.
The Black Widow is so cute! I like Wolf Spiders...but I can't make direct eye contact with them. It's so unsettling XD
@ 7:00 what a wonderful shot of the wolf spider that you took with the camera.. I watched it over 50x just watching his big eyes just so amazing.I wondering ?? What we look like to have them?? So awesome great video tarantula kat.
Thank you hun. Most dope..🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️🕸️
Wow the black wid9w amd the enclosure reminds me of the film coraline, which is my daughter's favourite film. Wolf 😊 is beautiful ❤
Wait do you take Texas wolf spiders I’m currently keeping one but they are a smaller spider they do have a decent size when there fully grown tho
Here in NZ, our native Widow is called the Katipo. They're a very shy and retiring species.
I feel like either Coraline or Emily would fit your Black Widow really well (from the movies “Coraline” and “The Corpse Bride”. I like the name Mirabella, too. It means “wonderous beauty”. She’s truly stunning.
I actually started my spider keeping journey with a Latrodectus hesperus. Gorgeous spiders and so so easy to take care of! They are fast on their web, but slow and clumsy on the ground lol.
Hey Kat!!! 😁😁😁😁Still a HUGE fan of the coffin enlosure you did and how perfectly it looks now with the black widow added!! But I have to say that your Wolf spider Looks FANTASTIC!! Absolutely Loving her colors... Great Video as always... I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.. ❤❤🕷🕷❤❤
I watch this other channel with this dude who goes out and hold spiders etc like black widows. He's shown how they can be very unlikely to bite unless they feel threatened. And shows that a lot of spiders etc that are something you don't want to be bitten by are actually somewhat chill. I'll still be avoiding them cause I'd still get bit just looking at one.
But it cool to see.
Also, widow fangs are tiny, and unlikely to pierce normal adult skin. They can pierce the skin of elderly and infants, bc it’s thinner.
@Michelle Mark awesome 👌 I love learning new things especially about spiders, I spent watching to long with a fear of them. So I'm working hard on learning about different things so I'm way less afraid. I think I'm getting to a point of just not being so sure around them.
@@tymothyyoung1530 that’s great! They are fascinating creatures!
I had a black widow once that absolutely terrified me when I had to move her into an enclosure (we found her on the doorstep on Halloween) but she soon won my heart over. We named her Lydia! And now I shall suggest the name to you
i had caught and kept a brown widow once, and it was my favorite pet. they are so beautiful.
I love your two new spiders 🕷🫶🏻
Thanks to you Kat, I really like the wolf spiders from Maple and Hilda is too cute 🖤
Name her Betty Lou after Betty Lou Beets.
I work outside. Sometimes I have to put on waders to get in the swamp and when I take them off I ALWAYS have at least one wolf spider on me somewhere just hanging out. I still have a pretty healthy fear of spiders, but in a weird way I feel like I understand them better now that we spend quality time together.