ALONG CAME A SPIDER BLACK WIDOWS ARE HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE

From: Evansville Courier & Press | Date: June 19, 2006| Author: MARK WILSON, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7417 or mwilson@evansville.net | Copyright information

As Brian Ranes turns on the light and steps into his office at SWAT Pest Management, something is stirring in its web. Agitated but shy, it soon retreats into its den away from possible harm.

Curious?

Too much curiosity in this case might be dangerous. The something, which is safely contained in a bug habitat on Ranes' desk, is a black widow -- one of only two spider species in Indiana capable of seriously injuring humans.

More frightening than the idea that Ranes keeps on...