They have eight legs, crawl and some people can’t even bear to look at them. However, some San Antonio residents claim their neighbourhood has been invaded by spiders. The dozens of upon dozens of spiders were spotted on Monday night. Many residents claim they’ve never seen them before, especially in that quantity.
“I tried to kill them, but then you know it was too many to kill, they just kept coming and coming,” said Al Marshall. “They're on the street, they walk on the sidewalk, they're on the porch. They're really scary and big and I was afraid to even look out the door.”
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Now many residents are left wondering where all the spiders came from and what kind of spiders they are. Entomologist Molly Keck said they’re actually Trapdoor spiders and burrow underground. However, because of the recent rain she said they were likely flooded out of their homes. And because of the severe drought Keck said it was probably even more noticeable this time around.
“Just today we’ve been getting a lot of calls and emails about them, pictures, wanting to know what they are, thinking they are tarantulas, people worried their kids will get bitten by them,” said Keck. “But it’s just a seasonal thing because of the rain, but nothing to be concerned about.” Keck said the spiders do bite, but are not venomous.
2 comments:
That's a bit of a lie; all spiders are venomous, it's just that most don't have any effect on humans.
Before some loon butts in to say that Harvestmen (Daddy-Long-Legs) are the most venomous spider on the planet: Harvestmen are NOT actually spiders, and they totally lack a venom gland; they have pincer-like mandibles, not fangs...
Those spiders were really ugly, but the entomologist was very pretty.
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