Killing Spiders?

[Pax]

we have a lot of black widows around our area. I have a terrible reaction to spider bites (I wrote bikes instead of bites first, must miss home). I have scars from bites and have had these nodules removed by my doctor. And I swell. It is not good. Yet I still try and put them outside or in another part of the yard. But I have been known to step on them. Guess it depends on what kind of day I am having.

Same here Brandi, I'm nursing yet another one right now. Hot compresses 4-5 times a day and off to get an antibiotic script from my doc today. I'm going to have another lovely scar.

[Brandi]

Same here Brandi, I'm nursing yet another one right now. Hot compresses 4-5 times a day and off to get an antibiotic script from my doc today. I'm going to have another lovely scar.

It's so strange. I have had about 4 major reactions in my life from spider bites and each time I have some type of scar I have to have frozen off. Mainly because of where they are. 3 on my arm and 1 on my leg. The arm one's just bugged me. And the leg one I kept cutting when shaving. I get stung by a wasp or bee and nothing but pain happens maybe slight swelling. But spider! Watch out! Mass swelling and itchy! Oh so itchy!

[tulip]

Vacuuming them does not necessarily kill them. They can live in the vacuum and may be able to get out.

I figure if it can kill me, I should kill it first, given the chance.

[sundial]

Hubby has appointed me to the task. I'd rather err on the side of caution and squish them to smithereens. We have too many brown recluse spiders around here as it is and I don't want to add a black widow bite to the list. Brown recluses are bad enough.