Re: black widows

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I'm not sure how to be rid of them other than to clean out piles/brush  
where they live.

All I know if once you have seen one face-to-face, you won't forget it.  
There is no mistaking it for your common household wolf spiders or other  
harmless (and often helpful!) archnids.

Here is my blog post with photo of one I encountered on a farm volunteer  
work day:
_http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/search?q=black+widow_ 
(http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/search?q=black+widow) 

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In a message dated 6/22/2012 1:17:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mitch@theMulch.com writes:

Any  suggestions for getting rid of Black widows? Are there any  natural
predators? I'm in the suburbs of San Diego and recently I've seen a  bunch 
in
my yard. I've got kids at home that like to roam my garden and  pick and eat
fruit and I don't want them to get bitten, but I also don't  want to spray
any hard core chemicals if I can help it.  

Thanks
Mitch  Shirts
Founder
www.theMulch.com

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