How harmful are black widow spiders?

Thanks. I'm scared of ordinary spiders, so this one really upsets me. I surely hope that she moves on but one never knows. I'll keep the ice packs handy. It's only 15 minutes to the hospital. I'm more afraid that it may find its way into the kids' rooms and bite them at night...

You can tell I have a phobia..

I also read that they rarely kill humans though. Seek medical attention quickly if bitten.

I, too, have a spider phobia. I still can't believe there is one in that rock wall. I read up on it a bit now. When I ripped apart part of the rock wall I actually saw the egg sack but didn't recognize it as such and didn't destroy it. After I realized what it was, I went back out but of course it was gone. I'm wary of an 'invasion' now. I'll spray something into every nook of that wall regularly now. Hopefully a repeat encounter can be avoided.

I'll probably have nightmares tonight because of that..

Oh yeah that's right I meant to thank you for the nightime story!

Oh, I'd never make them a pet, lol. I told the kids to stay away from there and never to touch a spider looking like that. They got a good look at it because they were the ones alerting me to it. They had never seen a spider that big. Yes, our kids are little and that's why I'm looking to get as much info as I can get so I recognize a bite ASAP.

I would never play with them, I have a spider phobia anyway. But I'm nervous about my kids, especially my little boy who loves bugs. I warned all three of them but my little one is only two so he may forget about it. I just have to keep him away from there and give him a warning every so often.

I did a search and hope I can recognize the bites and symptoms ASAP so I can get them medical care if necessary.

Brown reclouse. I hope i spelled that right. Really watch out for these guys! if you get bitten by one of these, you skin litterally gets eatten away by the venom. Awful stuff. I highly reccomend looking this one up so you know what it looks like so you can watch out for it. As a mother myself I completely understand you wanting to keep your kids safe. These are spiders to watch for. They just kinda hang around outside. A friend of the family got bit by one of these on his hand while working outside in a garden or something. It looked really awful. Keep safe!

I looked up the information online. I think with the freezing cold we had lately, it might be dead by now (at least I hope so). I saw an egg sack, but didn't know what it was until I looked it up. When I went back to look for it, it was gone. I can only hope the spider moved on. My skin still crawls when I think about it. I just really don't like spiders. You seem to be more daring;) It's good to know that there is bug spray that'll kill them off. I intend on spraying those rocks regularly from spring to fall. Hopefully that'll keep them away from us.

No not more daring. lol, my husband won't kill them, he dosen't like to because they catch bugs n' stuff. And that's all spiders, so I get to kill them:)

Thanks. That's what I found when I researched it. It still could be dangerous to little kids, which I have three of. I'll just have to be vigilant and keep them away from the rockwall.