I Had No Idea it Will be This HARD! I Found Black Widows - Most venomous spider in Croatia

[@nuovoalbergooperai2630]

Loved every minute of this video, this is a good way of producing content, Petko! Loved the driving to the place, the pauses for eating, the comments, the hunt... everything was very relatable and enjoyable. You're the best spider owner on the web, imho. Cheers from Italy

[@AS-zl4nl]

strongly agree. petko's videos are a notch above the others. tarantula collective for example also has great editing and presentation, but theres like no actual content. just endless top 5 lists or repeated info. Dark Den is the complete package.

[@littlenikki9539]

Nature adventures... I loved it Petko and those wolf spiders totally outsmarted you 😅 Until the next time. Thank you 🖤🖤🖤

[@aadamhovelson]

I love the nature adventure videos

[@effy_kujo]

Croatia is beautiful 😍 your wolf spiders are crazy cute, too!

[@dbrey2635]

Next time bring more water and try to flood the spider out! That will probably work really well and won't ruin their home.

[@johnbest1978]

Won't flooding it out put the spider at risk for drowning or worse?

[@20PINKluvr]

​@@johnbest1978 spiders are naturally buoyant and they float on water. Look up tarantulas swimming.. petko did a video about it

[@karasinek_official8726]

​@@johnbest1978 dont worry spiders can stay underwater for a suprising amount of time

[@YuasBirds]

5:45 louse fly, nasty little buggers. They do like to feed on large mammals so it would also make sense that there are sheep/goats in the area

[@Mister_Matthew]

Wow Croatia and southern BC in Canada look so similar it's insane!!! 9:05 looks like shale

[@W._Langman]

Omg. What a wonderful surprise. Damn, your weather is still gorgeous. Great job on getting your black widow. Now we need to get a wolf spider too. They were stunning. Like someone here said using water to flush them out might be a good idea

[@zanben4848]

Man Croatia has such beautiful nature, i love this series and i hope it continues

[@Mellie_H]

I would LOVE to visit Croatia! It looks like a beautiful place to visit. Thanks for taking us along on this "Outdoor Adventure". It was fantastic! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the egg sack you brought home!

[@sinenomine4540]

it has amazing natural reserves.

[@Mellie_H]

@@sinenomine4540 My husband and I looked into taking a vacation there, but at that time, we were surprised by the high prices for vacation rentals & hotels, and chose to go to Kaui instead. Perhaps we were looking in the wrong area of Croatia?

[@sinenomine4540]

@@Mellie_H I think you can get a decent hotel for about a week for around 1000-1500EUR for 3 people in most parts of croatia

[@jonathandavis3641]

Your finding the rares spiders good work

[@mrsn00p54]

2:08 Man I instantly recognized that Bridge :D was there for vacation 2 times already ! :) Awesome video as always !!

[@KubaJ100]

Those wolf spiders look like cats, when they are exploring new cardboard or meeting new person. Nervous, but also curious and slowly approaching in small steps while looking intensively with wide open eyes.

[@Shooshoobella7]

Loved this nature adventure and loved seeing more of Croatia and its natural beauty! I hope we get more of these in the future. So glad you found what you were looking for and those wolf spiders looked really adorable. Hoping for a good outcome with that egg sac.

[@TheTspivey16]

That ant colony find was actually cool. The lighter ants are kind of a parasitic ant that takes over it’s host colony. They mask with pheromones and kill the host Queen

[@TheDarkDen]

Oh interesting!

[@AntsCzech]

I would say Petko's original assumptiom was probably more correct. It's not uncommon that you find two colonies in close proximity, for example heating up their brood under a stone. They were separated a lot more than a transitioning colony (going from host to parasitic species) would and the yellow ones were definitely Lasius sp., probably Lasius flavus species group (flavus, myops, idk), non-parasitic yellow ants. The dark ones I'm not sure, either Lasius or some Serviformica (fusca or cinerea groups, idk)

[@AntsCzech]

now that I'm looking again, Formica is unlikely

[@TheTspivey16]

@@AntsCzech looks like Lasius Umbratus to me which are the parasitic ones

[@AntsCzech]

@@TheTspivey16 they didn't quite fit with the colour for me

[@brooklyntyrrell6823]

You are the coolest kindest dude I watch. You’re so wholesome, your personality is rare in my opinion. You always make me laugh and I feel like you’re so fun to hang around. People like you deserve the world. Thank you for sharing your experiences on KZbin and social media. We don’t deserve you Dark Den! ❤️

[@atrophy014]

Nice content as always!

[@bama256baby]

DarkDen = The Arachni-GOAT💪🏾🔥great vid bro

[@Afenalin]

I've heard that it's kinda easy to catch a wolf spider. You just need a rope and gum or plasticine. Making a ball on the end of rope, than letting down and fish the spider

[@sussybaka119]

Great video! Hope your family is getting better ❤

[@jdssurf]

Damn I pry got 40 Black Widows around my yard lol. I keep them every now and then, I got a video somewhere of hatching an egg sack. They come out crazy and running lol. This mediterranean one is awesome looking.

[@lilbebegirlxx]

The wolfies had such adorable faces 🥹🥹

[@mrmischief6404]

This is one of the things I loved about your content, showing different Parts of where you live with chilled music.. Great stuff!!

[@stubby8663]

Enjoyed the Video Petko, that looked like a lot of Fun. I felt sorry for the Spider But at the same time, that Joke you made about her being on her "Last Legs" made me really laugh 🤣

[@nurlanismayilov13]

11:45 spider name is Uloborus walckenaerius. I have been feeding this spider for several months

[@CarliVala]

I'd love to visit Croatia, it is indeed a beautiful country! It would be so much fun to go on a nature adventure, too. That wolf spider was super cute and smart, it must be so comfortable inside its burrow. Lovely rocks, also, many of them serving as nice homes for the insects who dwell there.

[@laurafranco7408]

Fun video! Usually if you put on a headlamp and go walking around at night, you will find widows! They make disorganized nests around barns, creeks and house foundations! I found 8 on one walk around my house last Summer evening! 🎉

[@Phyzium1]

The bug at 13:40 is actually a Pill Millipede, Glomeris pulchra

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

We have flies like that indestructible one in Wisconsin! We call them deer flies and they're vicious, laser focused little buggers!

[@dbrey2635]

Best part of Monday's!

[@vwvw4]

Nice change of scenery going on a nature hike with you! So happy for you that you finally found the black widow you've been searching for.

[@aileenbutler121]

I love your nature adventures. It's also so cool to get to see other places that I will never get a chance to go see in real life. Also even if they are not what your looking for the different creatures you find are so cool we don't have them where I live.❤❤ My husband and I are both home sick with COVID so your videos have helped keep me entertained!

[@tallulahrubymonroe4280]

How cute is the wolf spider , petko you had me laughing so hard , HELLOO SHEEEPS SHEEEEPS on top of the rock lol xo

[@pjorkan]

Croatia is such a beautiful country its amazing. I want to go there sometime.

[@spingirl4855]

This was awesome…love the adventure videos!

[@samobarin8650]

Love this video! I’m a reptile lover from slovakia🇸🇰 and I visiting hrvatska every year because of your beatiful lizards like italian or dalmatian wall lizard or sharp snouted rock lizard so maybe you can make a video (I’m not sure if you already did) about reptiles in your country. I’d love that. And one question, I will go to Brač island at the end of august and I really want to find a scorpion, is it possible on Brač?

[@lionman1573]

Black Widows are a common household find where I come from, always in tiny little crevices in the walls or under window sills, around gardening equipment like a hose winder or rusty wheel barrow, etc. Hardly ever in the bushes. That's where the Huntsmans are.

[@jdssurf]

We love just seeing your terrain and vegetation, always a plus though finding animals, glad you did this, it's fresh to see you out of the den.

[@mariestubbs4606]

What a lovely adventure the views were stunning and the Wolf Spiders deffo out smarted you Petko great vid.

[@effy_kujo]

You must be exhausted. Between the drive, the hiking & the searching 😵 you're in great shape, skater boy! Keep it up 😊

[@jamesh5460]

Cool find! The trail looks like stuff we mountain bike down, beautiful!

[@jenshelley4737]

FANTASTIC NATURE ADVENTURE!!! I was really hoping you'd get that beautiful little Wolf spider! She was stunning! But your Widow is so sweet! I can't wait to see her egg sack hatch!

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video Petcko

[@matteoganz8999]

hi! awesome video! the “isopod” at minute 14 is actually a pill millipede called Glomeris pulchra. quite a common species in Croatia but definitely beautiful and fun to keep

[@TheDarkDen]

thought so, thx!

[@Xakriuth]

This video is utterly brilliant! Loved it so much. The sheep were a wonderful surprise in the spider video lol!

[@barbhelle5481]

This was absolutely amazing. I am so happy for you. Today is my 68th birthday.

[@TheDarkDen]

Happy Birthday!

[@dazsmith4958]

14:16 From the size of it, I think it was a pill millipede, not an isopod

[@johnbest1978]

Awesome adventure video my friend. I miss these adventures with The Dark Den...it's been a while since the last one. Beautiful animals...your country is so beautiful,those mountains are so beautiful. Thank you so much for making an outdoor adventure video for us. Have a great day and God bless.

[@timspookedaskunk6081]

One of the first videos I saw on your channel was a nature adventure, so good you bring this content back ☺️

[@janetcarbone4213]

Great vid Petko. Loved the view, the animals and the little stream You will need a bigger house for the more jungle stuff you want! And then there’s those two ROCKS! I ❤ to look at this stuff through your eyes. Your love for nature is so apparent. I still don’t like spiders but you gave me a respect for their value. “Ships” 🐑I ❤ it😂!

[@dolphinsgirl253]

I kept hearing “Chips” your little nemesis!

[@natural1820]

LOVED The Adventure Video ! ♥

[@Kloud5280]

So good seeing you outside in nature really enjoyed the video. Keep up the content!

[@estherwolf4354]

You need to do more of these adventures, I found it very entertaining

[@krlllmn]

It's so beautiful there Petko! 💯 Stay safe every time you go on a nature adventure. ✌️

[@gammelfleisch6049]

Love your adventure videos. Also your way of editing and the camera perspectives you provide (as a single person without cameraman) are really nice! Also I wanted to say that this summer I actually was in Croatia for the first time in my life and your country truly is beautiful. Definetly want to visit again (although it was more expensive than expected:D) I was really surprised at how well most croatians speak english, because it was the first time for me that I went to a country from which I don't know the language, because usually with german, english, french and spanish you can get really far^^ The adriatic sea was really beautiful. Most beautiful sea i've seen yet and it made me want to have a sailboat on it :D I also witnessed a storm hitting the coast and i really enjoyed the moment and the rain while my friens were running for their lives haha^^ It was really nice seeing you this happy when you finally found your widow:D Keep up the great work man and keep doing what you love, because we love to see you doing that. Much love from switzerland

[@TheDarkDen]

yeah our coast is getting more and more expensive each year, being less and less attainable to us Croats!

[@krism4467]

Love your adventure video in Krk, was there last Jun23 by Ryanair from Stanstead to visit my family in Rijeka.

[@robertchater8903]

Definitely need more adventures like these absolute love this stuff

[@Dudesomeify]

Really enjoyed this video thanks man, you're the best Spider guy on KZbin

[@71janas]

Loved it, more of that please🙂 I used to do the here in Denmark, not to collect but to photograph.

[@jom6829]

That was fun, though it wasn't lost on me that you were climbing a rock that could potentially have black widows on it. Those Wolf spiders aren't stupid, but they look amazing.

[@charlottekelly4902]

Please do more of these videos. It was so interesting to watch! 😁

[@kosmokat111]

I gotta tell ya, you have the perfect terrain to get into RC rock Crawling, borderline salivating at some of those trails you walked

[@jdssurf]

I got a TRX4 Sport I started modding, your right that would be a fun area

[@swerdna77]

Absolutely amazing video!!

[@donthaveaname15]

While they may be rare over there in Croatia, my backyard is infested with them. I found about 20 of them just this summer.

[@jooleebilly]

Talking about black widows made me think "He should check his hiking boots!" because we have tons of Western Black Widow spiders in California and they tend to live in wood piles and also garages where people leave muddy boots. LOL. They're venomous but rarely fatal.

More videos like that please! :) Love it.

[@Eliaasandersson]

The good old dark den is back!! I love these videos

[@bugsmetropolis1]

I would love to go to Croatia 🇭🇷! I’m going to the Netherlands this week! Love the nature adventure videos!

[@donellalaw-davis7319]

I love these videos you should make more like it!🐜🕷🦂🐞

[@AS-zl4nl]

lmao i love petko. "i got myself some good hiking boots" walks up most of the path in skateboard shoes.

[@19Philza87]

Awsome video Petco. That looked superb, defo going to visit Croatia for that view alone bud. You should try and check out Scotland on your travels, if you enjoy scenery, definitely a place like no other 👍🏻🤘🏻.

[@unicorngj]

TY for adventure, live in Texas. Seen similar surroundings and also has wolf, scorpions, tarantulas and widows. My front yard during summer is full of wolf and at least a couple of writers.

[@danielclark8094]

My favourite channel 👌 iv liked every video iv watched over four years since you were in your flat, onwards and upwards dude 🤙🤛🙏

[@MelPage359]

The wolf spider’s faces are absolutely fricken adorable

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Great video, awesome habitat. That was really good

[@Alecsweet3057]

That was fun.. great work on the video

[@celineshakethat]

Great, great video 🙌🏻❤️

[@j.j.richardsfanjakeYT]

love it mate

[@8-legged825]

Nice, you did it! Next time look for Lycosas near stones/rocks. Most holes are connected to a rock. You just grab the rock and the borrow is open😉. I love this place, good job!

[@Hayley0412]

The Wolf spider had amazing colours and patterns, I have only seen the grey ones you should definitely get one of those! I live on a mountain in Wales it is very green and beautiful, parts of your journey reminds me of my home, small villages and so much history! You are very fit, on occasions you reminded me of Spider man, I then realised you are Spider-Man! 🎉

[@theadventureclublisboa]

Really nice to see Nature adventures again! Especially looking for the spider that's on the top of my bucket list 😂

[@avery21026]

Such a wonderful video!

[@pjorkan]

I like that your english have improved so very much the last year.

[@3Clod]

I was there for holidays 20 years ago, I love this format Petko

[@forestman2forestman244]

the insect that sits on you is Lipoptena cervi, he also lives here in the Czech Republic, he is quite unpleasant.

[@bromelienhausen]

The flat spider in the beginning, should be a Uloborus sp. A really interesting genus wich! They are one of the few spiders which don't have any kind of venom at all, also they are able to reproduce via parthenogenesis.

[@MartinBurgosSanchez]

What a success for the dark den!! Such cool finds but what an interesting black widow. I've only ever seen the hourglass ones haha

[@nyznerov]

The beetle you've tried to lure wolfspider with was actually Scarabaeus variolosus, different species than dung beetle from the beginning of the video - that was some Tripocopris or Thorectes.

[@talroitberg5913]

The "super-flat spider" at 11:55 looks to me like a cribellate orb weaver (Uloboridae). Matted threads on a roughly orb-shaped little web, lumpy spider with its legs extended straight forward, etc. If it's what I think it is, it's an interesting spider. Despite being called an orb weaver, it is not a true orb weaver (Araneidae). Uloborids are remarkable among spiders for lacking two things you might think a spider needs: venom and sticky silk. They catch prey with silk that tangles it up and clings with electrostatic charges rather than chemical adhesives, and they apparently do not need to envenomate their prey.

[@thecatsmeow9972]

That was fun to watch ❤

[@sdqsdq6274]

need more of this type of video , good to see croatia

[@Myriamele]

That was a beautiful wolf spider! (even though I am afraid of them :D) And a very interesting widow, those markings are cool!

[@Hidsert]

great video ! never seen sheep with long tails before :D

[@ChantalsCritters]

Love this. Great video

[@loopyloo1091]

Loving the nature vids.more please.

[@spiderrico250]

This is probably one of my favorite videos!

[@Maggieka0]

My husband and I have been to Krk many times and have always seen black widows. Once we had a small apartment in Vrbnik with tiny holes going through the walls and there lived 10 black widows. Back then I was still afraid of spiders and was not amused 😂 One year later we were back in Vrbnik and had an ampulian Tarantel and lots of centipedes on the terrace. That was great.

[@AntsCzech]

Maan I have to get to searching more and try to find Lycosa here! Majestic spooders

[@elisabeteart]

What a great nature adventure! I live in Portugal. I wonder if we have mediterranean black widows. Google says they can be found in southern Iberia.

[@kylegawron5358]

wow tht isopod is huge

[@sydneyhunt6681]

Still fit buddy great video thanks