If you are lucky (or unlucky) enough to come across one of these venomous spiders, it is best you do not confront or agitate them, maybe though, we should learn to love them.
Canada s most beautiful, deadly spider calls the Okanagan Valley home
Jaclyn Whittal
The itsy, bitsy spider sat down on my garden hose.
This was not just any spider. My husband ran inside to tell me that we have a black widow in our garage. We are still fairly new to the Okanagan Valley in the B.C. Interior, so I was skeptical.
Could it actually be? Read below to find out what we saw.
THE LOOK, THE SHAPE, THE COLOUR
Meet the
Latrodectus hesperus, the scientific name for the western black widow spider. Everything I read previously about the black widow is that it has a distinct sheen to them. A glossy, black outer coat like an arachnid leather jacket of sorts. This one had this look.