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Andrew520
msg: 11

Thu, Sep 21, 2006, 2:51am

I live on the outer edges of Tucson overlooking the Santa Cruz River and believe me there are some crazy looking spiders.. Especially after the monsoon

Monsoon	(mo'n-SOON)
A season in Arizona of high winds and moisture, normally during July, August, and September. The Arizona Monsoon begins officially after the third consecutive day of the dew point reaching 55 degrees or higher, indicating higher humidity. During the monsoon, dust storms are typical, and rainfall is increased, causing flash floods.

. I went out one night and my jeep had webs all over it and the spiders hanging from them were anything but friendly looking.

ArizonaNewbie
msg: 12

Mon, Oct 9, 2006, 7:29pm

Okay, I hope this makes it to the terrified in toledo board.

I recently moved to Arizona

Arizona	(air-i'-ZON-u')
The State of Arizona comprises the extreme south-western portion of the United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by California and Nevada.

. I can honestly say the spiders are terrifying where I am.

1) I am not in a very populated area.
2) The homes in my area have large open undersides that people usually use for storage.
3) I have also seen a bobcat, centipedes that are 4 inches long and about half-an-inch to three-fourths-of-an-inch thick.

Yes the insects are larger, and naturally those that feed on them will be. I have never seen wasps this big before (twice the size of those in California where I moved from)

I don't regret moving. I do regret not becoming more informed as to what indigenous creatures I could encounter living in a more wilderness area.

So, speaking from the experience of the above, you should feel a billion times more confident you have done the right thing in just posting your concerns here and becoming informed of what you might encounter.

I'd strongly suggest that you live closer to the city due to the other posts here indicating that basically nature doesn't do well in the city.

Though some of this may have increased your concerns toledo don't let the insects dictate where you will live. I mean who's the dominant species (and I don't mean by population) the creepy crawly things or Man? :P

desertowl
msg: 13

Sat, Sep 29, 2007, 2:44pm

I am not an Arizonian, but...

I live next door in Las Vegas, NV.
In a suburb called Summerlin.
Here we have Black Widows every where near homes.
I never knew how many there were until I went for a walk late at night to a park nearby my house. The walkway has a wall that stretches about a tenth of a mile all the way to the park and along this wall I noticed every five feet or so I would see a spider web that would start at about thigh height and reach about a foot and a half downwards onto the side walk.
I noticed that every one of the webs had a small black round ting hanging from it and knew it must be the spider.
I looked close enough to see it was hanging upside down and revealing the orange hour-glass that is the black widows trade mark on its abdomen.
It freaked me out the first time I saw one, especially from hearing so many stories about how dangerous they are.
What freaked me out was that I have walked this path many times at night and never paid attention to the webs and the way they hang I know I have had on many occasions walked right thru the webs as they tend to hang low but stretch out far to the ground. As far as three feet I would say is the furthest I have seen.
What was so chilling was how many of these widow spiders their are.
Like I said earlier the wall that they nest on has at every three feet a drainage hole that sits about two and a half feet off the ground and every one of them has a nest. I have not seen one hole yet without a nest yet and that is every five feet for a tenth of a mile long and I know that the whole area where I live has this wall on many of the sidewalks in my area and even in other parts of my neighborhood I have seen these webs and I have seen so many of these webs I have become a pro at identifying a black widows web/nest.
I have found two nests one on each side of my garage door and yet again on water drains. One Drain on the right is a garden faucet the other side of the door is a side drain from the roof.
I knew when I saw the type of web during the day it was black widow so I went out later that night and yelpers’ Black Widow!!
Must be thousands here judging but how often I find them.

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