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Latrodectus menavodi
Latrodectus geometricus
Latrodectus obscurior
Loxosceles reclusa
brown recluse
feeding

[@charlesiei6831]

Poor widows, Petko. It's nice knowing your taking care of them in their mourning.

[@xanopython9062]

Hey Petko! That's a species of the Steatoda genus, probably Steatoda grossa or Steatoda nobilis. They are called False Widows for obvious reasons 😂❤❤❤

[@j-jvanderlaan8787]

According to recognition software , Steadota grossa

[@harvestac]

Can't be nobilis as nobilis ALWAYS has some sort of pattern, this is for sure a Steatoda grossa

[@xanopython9062]

@@j-jvanderlaan8787 which software??

[@xanopython9062]

@@harvestac Ah understood, I've seen a good few black ones in my garden before I just didn't know which species

[@harvestac]

@@xanopython9062 Probably S. grossa, or if you see a white or red line at the front of the abdomen could be S. paykulliana

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

This is definitely one of my favorite feeding videos you've ever done! So cool to watch these girls work!!

[@houndgirl7365]

Every blackwidow web i have seen as well as touch is INCREDIBLY sticky and soooo strong. I have seen reptiles in these webs. I would also like to state PLEASE give them appropriate coverage these aren't like tarantulas they like somewhat damp solitary dark places. I would find them under rocks, in the trashbin, in a dark crevice on the outside of the wall, at the base of the basketball hoop, in a cellar, etc. These were all wild specimens as they are incredibly indigenous to where I grew up... (yes I would roll over rocks very carefully as a kid looking for lizards, and yes there were close calls, but we always put our fingers where we could see them or would use our feet...one rock had 6 full grown girls underneath (yes I think if circumstances are right you might be able to have a communal just give them a bigger space o.o)

[@AnonningAnon]

You can have a communal and they live well together. Leokimvideo did an experiment with redbacks a while back when he was exterminating the red backs on his property, due to a very nasty red back infestation

[@oun6661]

Wow! Super cool that you were able to capture widows’ feeding rituals. Thanks for sharing!

[@MimiH290]

Hi Petko! 🙋🏾‍♀️ Sending love to you and all your widows from N.Y.C, USA. ❤🕷️

[@aileenbutler121]

This was such a neat feeding video getting to watch what they do with the prey!

[@Liverbird1984]

Great video Petko. The Widows really are fascinating to watch. They certainly work hard for their food thats for sure.

[@051adam]

You're doing awesome stuff sir!! Ty for making my Monday evening great!

[@wallydyer5561]

Love your videos Petco and I look forward to seeing them every week . Keep up the good work .

[@kiliang.3785]

7:37 for left handed people its great :)

[@mott2945]

Petko your channel and content are so awesome you always deliver banging content ❤

[@ItIsWhatItIs8120]

9:55 she shot out like a blanket of web while using direct silk when wrapping ,it looked so cool .😊

[@CarliVala]

Do these widows and recluses need a hiding place? Maybe you can give them those little magnetic hides you gave your jumping spiders before. Sweet feeding footage, btw!

[@playmygames]

I really appreciate the spider feeding videos, I think that seeing the every day spider eat in the macro lens. When I was younger I used to feed all types of spiders around the house to watch and see what it looked like. But it looks so much better this close up :) I am in a Entomemeology Facebook group and we are always calling things "recluses" when we see a centipede, Leggy recluse, caterpillar, green segmented recluse.

[@angelamayes8118]

That little orange and white spotted spider is the ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN SPIDER SHE IS BEAUTIFUL

[@MartinBurgosSanchez]

This was such beautiful footage haha

[@lorrainesuddes4214]

the spider u got in the garden looks like the false widow spiders we have in the uk

[@Jayne1971]

I don't know about Tarantula Kat, you're the King of recording spider activity full stop Petko! Fabulous feeding video! Hope you're well! 😁

[@AalyLee]

Love your videos so much

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video information Petcko

[@huntsman12able]

I use to keep common house spiders (parasteatoda tepidariorum) which are related to black widows, they are both in the family Theridiidae, and how they interacted with prey was the same as shown in this video. They would throw web at prey stuck in their web and only after it was thoroughly entangled would they bite it. Then they would take the prey closer to their "hiding spot" or where ever they were hanging in the web and either eat it after it liquefied or let it sit there in a longer term storage, like a larder, if they were not that hungry. Also as an interesting aside, I and a few other people I have talked to who have kept comb-footed spiders think they have at least basic logic and reason abilities having watched them work though problems in captivity. They are a fun group of spiders to keep!

[@jacquesconradie2071]

Hi from south africa Love your videos and because of you. I have faithirteen tarantulas.

[@rosemiller417]

We have many common Housespiders, I think. Similar Body type and Net, Hunting Style. I feed some wild Spiders Catarpillars from our Plants. I witnessed multiple Times how they hunt. One fought, stole and hauled a 3 Times bigger, live Catarpillar up and away into hiding. They attach multiple Strings in choosen Spots to haul immobilized prey around. They drag, attach, cutting Strings and repeat that until they're secure, it's safe. No sticky Web needed. Don't think they even have that. Love the Style of our Uloborus Plumipes Spiders. They Prey on tiny Flys mainly. Nonstick Nets, no Venom, fastest Webbing I ever seen. They web Prey thick and crush it. They get introduced with Plants into Greenhouses worldwide.

[@HR-od9fl]

The dark den has evolved a lot since the days of the apartment when I subscribed ...❤️

[@bridgethoskins9809]

Very interesting spider. Thank you for such great content. I'm always learning something new!!

[@blenderuser6728]

Sounds like voiceover Petko was recorded at a different sample rate than normal Petko.

[@caughtafaygo]

Love widows! So lucky to havem here in the states! ❤

[@notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

I sure don't. Fall cleanup is a nightmare around here. We have black widows everywhere. Big ones too😅

[@ChantalsCritters]

Great video

[@DR-gt2vh]

This is very interesting footage. Unfortunately Weinstadt is to far from my home. I hope you come to the Frankfurt a.M. Region sometime!

[@mildromance8598]

great video!

[@cavemanbob82]

Awesome feeding footage.

[@elbundy]

thx for coming to germany again :)

[@KarolinaBernolak]

omg awsome video

[@stud_sidious]

Those cupboard spiders or false widows are awesome. I used to catch them as a kid & feed them. It was always exciting to find one cause they look so much like a black widow.

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Coooool video 🕷 🕷awesome footage thanks for sharing

[@angelamayes8118]

Hey Dude, I love those tiny enclosures, I need about 20 of those.

[@headrockbeats]

Since this is the Mediterranean, it's quite possible that this is Latrodectus tredecimguttatus; They usually have big red spots, but some are completely black. I had one just like this living in my windowsill for 6 months.

[@kevinnix6155]

Those Latrodectus spiders need some cover to hide in! I'm not sure about other Latrodectus spiders but the black windows in America have some insanely strong webs

[@mattwyrick8394]

I like this. Spiders that we actually have in the wild around here.

[@CrzymndYT]

The brown widow is my favorite as I have a lot of experience with it and I've had many of them as pets and I hope ur spiders live very long! I have had many brown widows which I took care of and then released! I find them everywhere and I find their spiky eggsacs everywhere. ❤❤❤ to spiders and love to u, ive held lot of non veno spiders and they all loved me and slept only Hans or just kinda chilled on my body... but the brown widow has a special place in my heart ❤️ ❤❤❤

[@deewhitcha6014]

cool video!

[@Mac-po1sr]

Right opening Dark Den enclosures could become a collectors item!

[@Rehyr09]

Or why not keep both available in stock? People has their own preferences 😄 Some might like left opening and some right opening. And maybe someone might find both opening directions useful, depending on what kind of shelves or tables they keep their enclosures on 😊

[@Dovietail]

OK, I don't know what's going on with YOUR Black Widow spiders, but out here in Arizona, our Western Black Widow girls have some of the strongest webbing in nature. I have actually seen hummingbirds come every morning and harvest big girl's webs from the night before to use to hold their nests together like a bungee net! They are chaotic looking, but she wields it like an expert fly fisher. 🥰

[@rebel4466]

I think they improve their webs as needed. No wind, no tearing, no structure needed. But the US black widows are quite strong compared to others, except maybe the redback in Australia (Latrodectus hasselti). Your Latrodectus hesperus are no doubt capable of very strong webbing. The spiders they call "banana spider" in Florida (Nephila clavipes) probably have some of the strongest webbing available. If you check out pictures of them feeding, they basically catch anything. Full sized bird to snakes and lizards. Very gentle spiders though. Bite risk outside of catching something in their web is basically unheard of and their venom isn't potent to begin with.

[@sussybaka119]

Good on you

[@karensookee6140]

Nice widows mate, Just awesome.when will you be doing another midnight feeding.

[@reptoid7]

That widow spider you caught is called a "False Black Widow Spider" Steatoda grossa

[@barbhelle5481]

Neat video.

[@WilliamKShank]

Safe Journey! CHOLULA!!!

[@templarwhiskey8167]

In regards to black widow webs, I read that a widow's web is the strongest. There are videos of small snakes being caught in a widow's web and killed by the spider.

[@gamefixxer5974]

That’s what I thought, too. Was kind of confused about Petkos words in this regards - but maybe it really really looks kind of fragile if looking at it within a enclosure setup

[@AnonningAnon]

Redbacks and black widows eat everything and anything (that is living) caught on their webs, you are correct.

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

Steatoda nobilis too hunts anything that gets stuck in its web. There's a record of one shrew getting stuck and got hunted down and then pulled upwards for consumption.

[@sergioromanomunoz8155]

Most likely that's a Steatoda sp., they're called "false widows", they are closely related to Latrodectus but the byte isn't quite as powerful.

[@wallydyer5561]

Looks like a false black widow from other videos I have seen .

[@DonkersDilatata]

that mistery-spider is probably a spider in the genus steatoda

[@nowsynowsy]

The one caught outside? Possibly a steatoda grossa, I have exactly the same ones outside and I had a confirmed ID as s. grossa. Honestly, I hate the ones I have . They nest right over the gate of my complex and walking under them unnerves me.

[@xanopython9062]

Absolutely

[@DonkersDilatata]

it could be a steatoda grossa, here we have them in the dark corners of our shed

[@jamesh5460]

We have a few Latrodectus hesperus under our house. Kind of cool as we are not far from the city of Hesperus Colorado.

[@shepiro-zc3bm]

Back in 2000 my Dad found a Black Widow in grapes at the grocery store. He had poured a bowl to eat and seen them moving!! When I got home from school he surprised me with the big female (jet black with a blood red hour glass under the abdomin) that survived. I only kept it for a few months but I was young. Just saiyan awsome collection I have 2 adult LPs

[@Squirrel_101]

Nice!

[@nikolpezoa3925]

hi! i really love your videos, i got a question, hope u see this, do you sell and send to other countrys?? specifically to latam?

[@barcodeguy7627]

Did you let the guys from the spider expo know you're a KZbinr? We don't want another Facebook drama lmao

[@reptiletailz108]

I absolutely wish u shipped to USA because right now the same size smaller enclosures are 30 bucks each here for good ones like urs insane

[@Raziel1984]

looks like they sense the prey on their web and then rush in to catch it with more webbing like a cowboy would use a lasso. that is propably why they dont ne very sticky webs... or they hab to do that because the web is not sticky enough on it's own. anyway: AWESOME footage!

[@polenboy8459]

Yo Petko! If that was ur lada - I wouldn't show the plates on the internet without any blurring on them :s Just a tip/reminder. Have a great day! :D

[@jamiehoney9889]

I think your spider is a noble false widow.

[@aquamoment]

Are you also planning to come to "vivarium" fair at Holland in November?

[@LeonWolfe]

I'd say it's a Mediterranean Black Widow spider, just going by the publications on the tourism websites.

[@heidishepherd8350]

I like your shirt

[@statutoryape3912]

Latrodectus Geometricus... the old fashioned brown widow...I've been bitten by one

[@a.t.nelson1670]

Hi Petco! I am from California and I grew up with Latrodectus hesperus, AKA, western black widow. When I was young, I remember being terrified to take out the trash because they would hang out by the big dumpster to catch flies and roaches that would come for the food trash. The messy web is so strong it would freak me out if I accidentally touched it. It would feel like it was holding on and I just knew the spider was gonna get me, even though it never actually happened. 🕷❤

[@candyscott489]

🖤♥️🖤

[@pickleshmickle8010]

that looks like a steatoda capensis, native to where i live

[@Thomas-BMLSales]

hopefully the Expo in Germany is not run by the same people that you had trouble with. all the very best from Australia :)

[@rebel4466]

Nah Hamm is known to be a shit show. Many people avoid Hamm already for the "organisation"

[@georgiaashton9830]

We get those big black bum false widows in the UK. They have 2 little dimples on their abdomen. We have had them in our garage before.

[@cakemike]

Giver petko!!!!

[@Dixie_Normus_]

The random spider one, is that not a false black widow? I remember that one because they used the same species for the 2002 Spider-Man movie, the one that bit Tobey Maguire, lol.

[@jankoset7766]

The venom doesnt have much of digestion enzymes in it. The spider usually introduces them into the prey via saliva, slurps the mixture back up and then "spits in" some more.

[@markrusher8377]

Your all black spider is called The False Black Widow.

[@Chaibabba]

Looks like Steatoda paykulliana. There are some color vartiations... so complete black ones are possible...

[@BarthelemyLesaint]

...like running with scissors !

[@jordie_jb3025]

Will you get some larger terrestrial acrylic enclosure made @petko? I’m still struggling to get glass where I live unfortunately 😞

[@an-insane-llama]

Got a scar on my back from a brown recluse , hope it doesnt escape on you. Cool to look at though!

[@Dennis_-kg9ge]

are you planning on making bigger versions of youre acrylic enclosures ive been searching for acrylic enclosures for a long time now but tarantula cribs shipping to europe is so expensive

[@deniserobinson8294]

❤

[@CoryG1981]

I believe the True black spider you caught is a Latrodectous Hesperus

[@willsexotics984]

That spider will continue to lay egg sacks keep your eye open or you’ll have a infestation in your home

[@hunterwittwer4134]

Disable the legs go in for a bite classic widow feeding❤❤

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

I read as "I feed my wondows."

[@DemonOfSnake]

Plx come to Poland

[@WessexBambi]

The spider from outside is a false widow :) Cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa)

[@seanolson7602]

Can you please give us a tarantula video it’s been almost 2 months since we’ve had one

[@davidtopoleski5935]

I’ve found that black widow variant in Southern California U. S. And it is pretty poisonous, so don’t get bit cuz I have and I had the chills, shaking and almost convulsing, plus a fever, puking aching and all those wonderful symptoms and punch that venom has! Oh not too mention that my hand (bite site) burned like fire and traveled up my arm. Regardless of what you believe it to be….. please give it some distance and enjoy observing her. 😊

[@davidtopoleski5935]

Oh and btw… we have the brown widows here now, since they hitched a ride from Florida and other southern humid states. They even build webs above their usually chosen 3’! I’ve found them coming down from the eves outside my house. I’ve learned and have been told that they pack and ever harder punch venom wise, but not as likely to bite. But who knows? They’re an insect for crying out loud. I’ve been watching you since the beginning of your channel. And still liking all your videos every single time. Have an awesome day. I appreciate you and your work and growth throughout the channels seasons. God’s blessings to you and your family 🎉

[@Hambone4815]

Lets hope the person who runs this expo is less of a prick than the previous one ❤

[@jodiemcclure7854]

it's called steatogagrossa falls in the region of the black widow but is the false version

[@binkyboo4793]

It's very interesting to see how differently these spiders deal with their prey in comparison to tarantulas. Kinda makes the tarantulas look like lazy slobs!

[@donthaveaname15]

We had such a wet summer that I have had to kill over a dozen black widows.... most of them from our front door area... I cannot let them be in areas where my young children have exposure to these spiders.

[@joshuahull9982]

I have 7 of those female steatoda grossa for pets. The females of that species actually share prey with their babies. You should have taken the egg sac too so that you could see that behavior.

[@rebel4466]

You spider is likely a Steatoda sp. false widow. They are in the same family as the real widows (Theridiidae) and common all over the world pretty much. They usually have either white or red markings (S. paykulliana), but their colors can differ from a lighter brown to a pretty much black. Steatoda grossa for example has markings, but sometimes you can't see them very well. Interesting fact: The bite of a real widow can cause "Latrodectism", that of a Steatoda can cause "Steatodism". It's basically a weaker version of the widow bite. You can see a couple horror stories about their bite, but bad outcomes are rare.

[@ediththomas1408]

Species Steatoda Grossa

[@benives254]

Where's your skate ramp?!

[@TheDarkDen]

disassembled and stored!

[@kenkaneki7119]

Theridiidae also known as the false black widow

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

No. Theridiidae is a family of spiders called cob web spiders. False black widow is genus Steatoda which comes in that family.

[@AG-tl8oq]

You should keep giant burrowing cockroaches if you haven't already

[@juanaayuno8651]

Its a home spider

[@michellemorningstar880]

Wow they are scary looking i would be so darn scared to have these...i am so scared of regular spider only like jumping spiders..as they are cute looking...Question..do the black widow can kill us if we got bite from them..as that what i heard...thanks

[@houndgirl7365]

It depends on if you have a reaction or not, but yes their bites are incredibly painful. If one doesn't know how they will react or they have a history of reaction to bites they shpuld immediately seek medical attention.