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A number of different spiders seen in and around Virginia homes are most likely killed on sight because many people simply dislike spiders whether they are inside or out.
“The black widow spider is presently the most dangerous or poisonous spider seen in Virginia. Another venomous spider, the brown recluse, has been reported in North Carolina and in Kentucky, but not Virginia. Both the widow and therecluse seek dark, undisturbed areas such as cellers, garages, woodpiles and trash heaps,” reported William H. Robinson, a Virginia Tech assistant professor of entomology and an extension specialist in household insects.
“Spiders are beneficial and mostly harmless to man. Most of them feed on insects, house flies, mosquitos, moths, cockroaches, various mites and other spiders. Some build intricate webs to trap their prey. Others simply rove in search of food,” the extension specialist reported.
Robinson explained, ‘‘They reproduce by laying eggs. Usually about 100 eggs are laid in a whitish-gray egg sac made from the same material as that in webs. It is noted not all spider species make webs. But they all produce the silky substance from which webs are made. The egg sacs are either carried by the female or Stored in the web.”
Robinson explained, the eggs hatch in about 21 days and the young spiders become adults in about a year. “Depending upon the specie, spiders overwinter as eggs, young spiders or adults.”
Male and female spiders live separately and seldom get together except to mate. The males are usually smaller than the females and are often of a different color marking.
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