Who wins?

[sʇןɐs ɥʇɐq ɥsıʞɹnʇ]

In the interest of pest control and science I am conducting a small at home experiment tonight or tomorrow to determine the following- if a daddy long legs spider is dropped onto the web of a black widow, which spider lives and who dies?

Pertinent info- I use daddy long legs spiders to control black widow populations as the widows are a lot slower and can't move around their webs as fast. A good example would be my mom has a barn (had) out in San Martin that was INFESTED with black widows and she couldn't get rid of them (most poisons do nothing, hell I've watched widows SWIM out of PUDDLES of the strongest insect/spider killing products) so I transplanted a couple dozen daddy long legs spiders into the barn and within about 6 months you literally couldn't find a single widow in or out of the barn.

The widow in question is pretty big and fairly smart (as spiders go) and I only found her because I know what to look for IE their webs give them away. She only comes out late night when it's real hot out, I haven't even seen her repair her web which is unusual (if you want to find widows they usually come out at dusk to fix their webs and they hang out at night mostly. Look for webs that extend from something elevated to the ground, they love to eat roaches and walking insects so their web is designed to ensnare their preferred prey) She's currently also got the remains of what appears to be (or was) a male so I presume eggs will be coming soon and they are a BITCH to get rid of if a couple egg sacks hatch.

Since my cat died I don't have the heart to kill anything and this seems kind of interesting so today while I am out working I am going to get a couple big hungry looking (no clue how to tell a hungry spider from a not so hungry spider, if I'm lucky I will spot one with a knife and fork in it's legs) daddy long legs and record what happens when I drop one on her web. If the spider falls off or something uninteresting I will have a couple backup spiders. If the backup spiders all do nothing or she kills them, I am going to have to jar her up and either take on a new pet or transplant her up in the hills or something.

Gonna make a poll just because I am curious 1- if anyone cares 2- who thinks which spider will win.

I don't need any "this video is going to suck because I didn't make bath salts video first" comments either please, I am working on that. I have to make money and have a lot of work, I can't afford to get spun for a few days right now as I will miss work.

[Tyde]

your cat is way better off dead, and far far away from your epic failure of a shitty life

[rum dick]

thought daddy long legs pretty much own all other spiders faces. if that's not a case, my current policy of tolerating their existence in my house is gonna change right away.

[Hillbilly Jim]

this thread has blown my mind i always assumed daddy long legs were huge pussies of the spider world

[Bobby Wong]

what if its a leatherdaddy longlegs

[sʇןɐs ɥʇɐq ɥsıʞɹnʇ]

lol@ Bob's post. You do funny way better than most and the world certainly needs it.

I found two potential contenders in terms of size and BOTH of them came packing egg sacks (I mean I found 2 daddy long legs, they are suddenly nowhere to be found in or around the house/garden etc) so I am still hunting around daily.

On topic more or less-I found a cool black grasshopper (or cricket I am not sure) yesterday and video recorded my feeding the black widow as I figured it would make for a nice warmup till I find some good contenders and the damned thing died of fright. I'm not joking either, I flung the crickethopper at her web, a leg got stuck, crickethopper didn't move, spider seemed disinterested in general. When she came out later to check her web she noticed some dead weight and cut him down and there he has stayed since. What a ripoff I mean honestly it's not every day one comes across super cool black widow food at precisely the time it could be fed to a super cool black widow and it goes and dies in lame fashion instead. *sigh*

Hopefully better luck tomorrow.

[rum dick]

How much would it cost for you to eat the black widow? Who knows maybe you'd get super powers or something if you digested a black widow.

[Vwls with one L dammit]

Who would win between the black widow and a scorpion?

[anatine]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TURKISH BATH SALTS

I found two potential contenders in terms of size and BOTH of them came packing egg sacks (I mean I found 2 daddy long legs, they are suddenly nowhere to be found in or around the house/garden etc) so I am still hunting around daily.

thats awesome, most people in your position would be trying to find a job but i totally respect your willingness to pursue your passions while leaching off 2 elderly dementia patients, lying drug addict.

[Vwls with one L dammit]

Back story please?