Are there black widows in Washington?

Answer 1

Yes. In Washington state, they live throughout the Columbia Basin and east of the Cascade Mountains. There are also small populations on some of the San Juan Islands and a very tiny colony of western black widows lives in a special habitat on the west coast of Whidbey Island. Other than specimens transported from elsewhere, there are no confirmed records from the mainland of western Washington; occurrence in the Sequim area is possible but unconfirmed.

Answer 2

The 2 most dangerous are the Black Widow and the Brown Recluse. Someone might say that Brown Recluse don't live in NY (I cant say for the city, I live up state) they do and I just got bit by one.

Answer 3

Yes. They are more common in the south, but do make their way to Indiana. They spin cobwebs (look like alattice with no real pattern and are surprisingly strong), and should you find one in your home, destroy it and it should send the spider on it's way (also, if you happen to see a pea-size, light-brown pellet, it's probably the eggsack, destroy it as well. They prefer to be in places that are dark so the garage, in deep cupboards, boxes, etc. They are not aggressive and will generally never leave their web, however, during they day they usually are off in the corner and will only come to the center at night. They do not like being disturbed so destroying the web/eggs generally assures that it won't return. I wouldn't worry about fogging your home, just do a spot check in the winter and summer (they come in when it's too cold or too hot) and remember, a spider's got to eat, so the fewer bugs in your home, the less reason it has to pay a visit.

Keep the bushes and branches around your home nice and trim and if you get super paranoid, pick up an outdoor pesticide. The fewer insects that come into your home, the less reason it has to follow. Please be careful if you choose to use pesticides. Make sure that children, pets and any loveable creatures will not be harmed and remember to wash your clothes/self after you spray.

As with most animals, they are more afraid of you that you are of them. Do a bit of research, and make sure that you and yours can identify the spider.

Answer 4

Yes. The Western Black Widow Spider is present in Oregon. However, This spider is rarely found in the northwest part of the state but still occur...mostly traveling from a Widow saturated place like California hitching rides from folks inside their belongings. The Western Black Widow is far more common in the eastern and southern Oregon areas, and even more common in the southwest areas of the state. There is another "widow" spider found in all parts of Oregon, but without the markings or hourglass pattern on the abdomen that is commonly known as the "False Widow" spider. The female False Widow is jet black like the Black Widow female and with the same body, just without the red hourglass on her bottom side. These are venomous also, but not as poisonous as the female Black Widow.

Answer 5

Yes. The western black widow is found in Washington as well as the hobo spider.

Answer 6

They are most definitely in Massachusetts, I believe they are in every U.S. state but Alaska.

Answer 7

The Black Widow spider can be found in almost all states of the Union if you know where to look - but they avoid human contact at all cost, so they aren't much cause for worry.

Answer 8

Yes. I live in Federal Way, WA, and there is a large dead female in my shed, surrounded by many dead insects. I'm very familiar with them, no chance of misidentification.

Answer 9

No they do not live in rochester

Answer 10

no