Is this snake dangerous?

[ultraviolet*]

I've lived in South Charlotte 15 years. I've seen two snakes the whole time: a dead one on a greenway in the University area, and a little black one under my downspout splash guard last summer.

What you ARE going to see is not black widows, but wolf spiders and grass spiders. Those suckers are big and fast and always scare the poop out of me. They also really like to invade my house, apparently. I have a few fly swatters around the ground floor of my home just for them. That allows me to dispatch them quickly and from a distance without making too much of a mess of them on my carpet...

[TJJT]

Originally Posted by Native_Son

Lol

BW's are common. But not that common.

I spend a lot of time outdoors. Much, much more than most people. I see 20 snakes for every black widow. Unless you're looking specifically for black widows I think my experience is more typical of what someone could expect.

You can add your own opinion without devaluing the opinion of others, you know.

so can you

I know the difference between a wolf spider, wood spider, brown recluse, male black widow, female black widow, crab spider, garden spider etc..

It's convenience logic to say there are more snakes than spiders even just in the context of your local area. Especially when you consider wood, wolf, garden, and crab spiders, along with all the house spider variants, are the only ones who come out in daylight unless forced to..

Heh,, also imagine if I was the one here who was clueless and any local snakes had over 40 babies at a time..

[coconutmonkey]

Originally Posted by Native_Son

Snakes are MORE common than black widows, but LESS common than thunder storms.

Hope that helps!

You guys are not making me feel any better! EEK! My brother lives in Florida and I saw a picture of a wolf spider that was in their house!


So how often do you get thunderstorms?!?!?


Like I said, the spiders around here (and pretty much outside at all times) are not very big. Now I have to worry about giant spiders and snakes. . . . .

[coconutmonkey]

Originally Posted by ultraviolet*

I've lived in South Charlotte 15 years. I've seen two snakes the whole time: a dead one on a greenway in the University area, and a little black one under my downspout splash guard last summer.

What you ARE going to see is not black widows, but wolf spiders and grass spiders. Those suckers are big and fast and always scare the poop out of me. They also really like to invade my house, apparently. I have a few fly swatters around the ground floor of my home just for them. That allows me to dispatch them quickly and from a distance without making too much of a mess of them on my carpet...

I just googled grass spider! I should not be doing this when it is dark!

Any way to keep these creatures out?!?!?