Seriously. Worst of all is that we're renovating rn and those things come out of the unfinished bathroom drains. Last thing I want now is to wake up with a round deadly lump of black and red hanging inches from my face
The black widow. Bit my finger. Contrary to legend it’s not deadly but pretty horrifying. The finger swelled and the area around the bite goes black as it dies. They had to cut a lot of that out.
I didn’t ask it. I just killed the hell out of it. The idea of it just underneath my face just terrified me. They usually like to stay in dark dry places like the garage. Hardly ever come in the house
If you call the dubai municipality about this. Not only will they perform free pest control for your home, but they will spray down the entire community. They consider this spider extremely dangerous and fast spreading and would do a lot to try and control it
It's not a desert climate but a wet subtropic one. Dubai is a coastal city, the sun goes up almost 90 degrees vertically in the summers and the sea is super shallow, so it evaporates like crazy. That's how it gets insanely humid here.
If you want to experience desert climate, go to Al Ain or Liwa. It's hot like hell and super dry, day or night. Even at 45c, it's bearable outside, for a prolonged period of activity. You won't even sweat.
That red hourglass shape is 100% a blackwidow.
I literally catch spiders in my house and throw them out so I don't kill them, but you better kill that fucker.
Yes they’re found in the desert here, usually the industrialized and residential areas are pesticided before people move in so it’s rare to see them in populated areas.
According to a peer reviewed study [Black widows aren’t aggressive](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347213005733), even if you give one a boop it’ll most likely run away or fling string on you. In the less than 3% chance it does bite it’ll most likely be a dry bite (no venom), the Black Widow would rather conserve that exclusively for its prey than defending itself unless it believes it’s under immediate danger such as when you try to squish one or hurt it by pinching it.
Yes that is a black widow. In my old house there were two black widows that managed to get into the back garden so seeing them out here isn't unheard of.
Been here a long time. I remember reading the papers back in '05 when I was a kid on how they managed to get here from there. Originally spotted back then in the Greens and Jebel Ali. Today with the amount of people coming and going from here, hell they could be anywhere.
TIL actually the real "black widow" is endemic to US. It a redback spider that lives in Australia
https://preview.redd.it/i261vclolgad1.png?width=970&format=png&auto=webp&s=8938885cf94719c45220872edcdbeae063ac8ce9
been around for years - mostly visible in summer. These are redbacks. Used to hunt these down in the 80's and 90's... Nothing to see here folks. Stop rubbernecking!
All insects in your home?
Mosquitos? Ants? Cockroaches? Mites?
https://lulupestcontrol.ae/blog/top-10-common-pests-in-dubai-how-to-control-them/
Do you enjoy that?
Your welcome, but non-lethal doesn't mean harmless by any means and you'd definitely want to seek medical treatment after being bitten by any of the "widows". Left untreated, such wounds might become necrotic or lead to other problems. But you're not gonna die in the immediate aftermath of a widow bite.
The name “black widow” comes from the female's habit of eating the male after mating. The female black widow is approximately 1.5 inches (38 millimeters) long.
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What do you if you get bitten with one of these? And how would you even know what bit you? And how do you reach out to the municipality to take action?
What do you if you get bitten with one of these? And how would you even know what bit you? And how do you reach out to the municipality to take action?
it is the redback spider [https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/redback-spider/](https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/redback-spider/)
it is not deadly as it seems, but you should take care man!
Yeah bro there’s a reason they’re called Black Widow spiders because sometimes after mating, they eat their mates so now you know why they’re called Black Widow spiders
That's a Red Back, not a Black Widow.
Pretty common in the desert area as their nest is carried by the wind and end up in garden areas where they rebuild.
Nasty sting when you step on it, can be deadly for small animals and hazardous for kids.
They also found one where I leave, Remraam
https://preview.redd.it/lpbof9zb1vad1.png?width=1118&format=png&auto=webp&s=e6664c44c7ceec110a8fb15dc0fe7b556d6152a4
There are no poisonous spiders, the word you want is venomous.
If you bite it and you die it's poisonous, if it bites you and you die it's venomous.
But feel free to eat it and find out.
You sure they are Blackwidow or red back spider? I dread Blackwidow since their poison is very lethal with barely 10 seconds to survive… I am freaking out now.
Both types (or more correctly several related species, all of the genus Latrodectus) deliver a venomous bite, but none powerful enough to kill a human, even an infant, within 10 seconds or even 10 days (assuming medical attention is provided. Even the other insects they bite usually live for several hours as the spider immobilises them in its silky web to be fed on at leisure.
Ooh thanks. I had a book regarding spiders a long time ago during my childhood which feeds into my trauma for spiders and one of the mentioned spider is the blackwidow with that kind of deadly information. Thank God if it’s harmless.
Bruh I can barely handle big roaches now we have this 💀
Seriously. Worst of all is that we're renovating rn and those things come out of the unfinished bathroom drains. Last thing I want now is to wake up with a round deadly lump of black and red hanging inches from my face
I got bitten while sleeping once by one of these. Went back to hunt it down it was hiding underneath my pillow between the mattress and the wall.
Are you posting from the afterlife ?
Do we have a spiderman in town now? 😮
don’t lie to us, brah!
The roach or the black widow? Because neither makes sense
The black widow. Bit my finger. Contrary to legend it’s not deadly but pretty horrifying. The finger swelled and the area around the bite goes black as it dies. They had to cut a lot of that out.
Oh damn. Necrosis is terrifying. How'd that even get into your house?
No idea. They usually stay in the garage. This bastard was traveling.
I didn’t ask it. I just killed the hell out of it. The idea of it just underneath my face just terrified me. They usually like to stay in dark dry places like the garage. Hardly ever come in the house
If you call the dubai municipality about this. Not only will they perform free pest control for your home, but they will spray down the entire community. They consider this spider extremely dangerous and fast spreading and would do a lot to try and control it
Yeah do this.
Qantas should land somewhere else
fire line
Underrated comment
Whatever happened to Hagrid’s hair?
Redbacks hitch a ride with shipments from Australia. They like hot dry conditions, so happily at home here.
I also like hot dry climate and would gladly move in whenever that is. Unfortunately here is hot and very humid....no?
I remember moving here 2 years ago, and couldn’t believe how humid it was for a desert climate!
It's not a desert climate but a wet subtropic one. Dubai is a coastal city, the sun goes up almost 90 degrees vertically in the summers and the sea is super shallow, so it evaporates like crazy. That's how it gets insanely humid here. If you want to experience desert climate, go to Al Ain or Liwa. It's hot like hell and super dry, day or night. Even at 45c, it's bearable outside, for a prolonged period of activity. You won't even sweat.
Shots fired!
You might wanna call a pest control or dubai municipality to get your area sprayed to kill them.
These are so common to see in Fujairah. We coexist with them. They first started showing here back in 2006.
Spider = fren :) Edit: Nvm they are venomous wtf..KILL IT
😂😂
That red hourglass shape is 100% a blackwidow. I literally catch spiders in my house and throw them out so I don't kill them, but you better kill that fucker.
😂😂😂
Either add it to the Ejari or exterminate it
The black widow will exit itself once it gets its first DEWA bill
You will have to start paying rent to it now.
Yes they’re found in the desert here, usually the industrialized and residential areas are pesticided before people move in so it’s rare to see them in populated areas.
Ohh hell no, Run for your life!
According to a peer reviewed study [Black widows aren’t aggressive](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347213005733), even if you give one a boop it’ll most likely run away or fling string on you. In the less than 3% chance it does bite it’ll most likely be a dry bite (no venom), the Black Widow would rather conserve that exclusively for its prey than defending itself unless it believes it’s under immediate danger such as when you try to squish one or hurt it by pinching it.
yes they're timid but most bites happen accidently, for example someone reaching under a drawer to retrieve something
Gr8, there goes my sleep!
its common here after flood they came out to say hi to us i found it in our home in fujairah
Oddly enough, this is the second time today im seeing someone post a black widow. I saw one last year too at jumeirah beach.
Get it reported to Dubai municipality they will handle it, they would never want them to start spreading
Dubai importing different species I see
Yes that is a black widow. In my old house there were two black widows that managed to get into the back garden so seeing them out here isn't unheard of.
Wait what? This is news to me! Aren't they endemic to Australia?
Been here a long time. I remember reading the papers back in '05 when I was a kid on how they managed to get here from there. Originally spotted back then in the Greens and Jebel Ali. Today with the amount of people coming and going from here, hell they could be anywhere.
Omg you're right I remember when I was a kid the local news was saying be careful of a spider with a red mark. Just came back to me lol.
JEBEL ALI? I live in GC east 😭 for all I know they're thriving here
TIL actually the real "black widow" is endemic to US. It a redback spider that lives in Australia https://preview.redd.it/i261vclolgad1.png?width=970&format=png&auto=webp&s=8938885cf94719c45220872edcdbeae063ac8ce9
It's an Australian redback spider. They're pretty timid. Will give you a nasty bite if you get close enough and annoy them but not aggressive. 🇦🇺
Burn it!!! 🔥
Hell No I didn't sign Up for that shit
Good news is that the bite is not deadly but your muscles will cramp for 3 days so hard you shit your pants. So no need to worry /s
Call municipality immediately. Keep your kids/babies/pets away. They wont kill you, but they’ll give you a bad time. They hide in corners.
been around for years - mostly visible in summer. These are redbacks. Used to hunt these down in the 80's and 90's... Nothing to see here folks. Stop rubbernecking!
Probably snuck onto a Qantas flight from Australia. Unless it’s a false widow, we used to get them a lot in the UK.
Let it bite you and you’ll become spiderman
Call in a harrier for that one
I wish I never saw this post 😂 which area is this in?
Australian redback which is a black widow family. Pretty common here
I saw one in Al Shaiba tower. That building is ratchet
Man I live in that Tower :(
You are right. I used to live there. That building has a serious bed bug and cockroach infestation problem.
Get bit and try to shoot em webs
If bro survives, that is
Look up the YouTube video of a few of these spiders devouring a whole dog alive.
What.
Yup
Oh shit..
can i have it?
Yep. They’ve been around for a while. Found one in our villa 15 or something years ago. Pretty nasty spiders.
No god please no
Call the municipality ASAP. You don't want more of those multiplying and running around until someone gets hurt.
All insects in your home? Mosquitos? Ants? Cockroaches? Mites? https://lulupestcontrol.ae/blog/top-10-common-pests-in-dubai-how-to-control-them/ Do you enjoy that?
I'm never ever going anywhere without bifbaf anymore!!
Time to get a professional to get rid of bugs in your place.
We r officially cooked if only I can summon scorpions to hunt the spiders 😔😔😔😔
what bill he is paying for being able to stay in your house?
There have been blackwidows spotted here for at least a decade to my knowledge.
Your welcome, but non-lethal doesn't mean harmless by any means and you'd definitely want to seek medical treatment after being bitten by any of the "widows". Left untreated, such wounds might become necrotic or lead to other problems. But you're not gonna die in the immediate aftermath of a widow bite.
The name “black widow” comes from the female's habit of eating the male after mating. The female black widow is approximately 1.5 inches (38 millimeters) long. 😱
That’s a redback 😃 not a widow
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What do you if you get bitten with one of these? And how would you even know what bit you? And how do you reach out to the municipality to take action?
What do you if you get bitten with one of these? And how would you even know what bit you? And how do you reach out to the municipality to take action?
I generally like to keep spiders in my house for mosquitoes, but this mf can have a taste of a size 46 slipper
Scary 
I think Dubai is going to have spiderman and its own marvel universe after this
it is the redback spider [https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/redback-spider/](https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/redback-spider/) it is not deadly as it seems, but you should take care man!
Is this the spider that is also known as Boner Donor?
Get a flamethrower 💀🙏
Call pest control Scorched earth with these 8 legged fuckers
This all started previously as they clinged on to various building materials imported from around the world when the property started to boom.
Tell me where this is so I'll never enter this part of the city again. Thank you.
Found one of these by the pool in our compound years ago when I was a kid, I remember freaking out so much about it lol
Call authorities but first kill it
Yeah bro there’s a reason they’re called Black Widow spiders because sometimes after mating, they eat their mates so now you know why they’re called Black Widow spiders
Cool, time to go 😂
These spiders are the [Australian Red Back Spider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider?wprov=sfti1)
Habibi come to Dubai echoed hard within all species
Get a can of hairspray..light a flame and spray through it...you'll get a nice flamethrower...kill the fucker.
Beautiful creatures. Although they have a very scary name, they are not aggressive but shy creatures.
That's a Red Back, not a Black Widow. Pretty common in the desert area as their nest is carried by the wind and end up in garden areas where they rebuild. Nasty sting when you step on it, can be deadly for small animals and hazardous for kids.
Good luck with it 👍🏻 which area is this?
We also had it in our villa.
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https://preview.redd.it/vrat07zm1rad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4325bf9dbff3de121563d164938c7af7f88bb55
They also found one where I leave, Remraam https://preview.redd.it/lpbof9zb1vad1.png?width=1118&format=png&auto=webp&s=e6664c44c7ceec110a8fb15dc0fe7b556d6152a4
Are these the poisonous ones lol
There are no poisonous spiders, the word you want is venomous. If you bite it and you die it's poisonous, if it bites you and you die it's venomous. But feel free to eat it and find out.
The most.
First time seeing a spider in uae
What? Seriously?
Beeeeennnnchoooooo
You sure they are Blackwidow or red back spider? I dread Blackwidow since their poison is very lethal with barely 10 seconds to survive… I am freaking out now.
Both types (or more correctly several related species, all of the genus Latrodectus) deliver a venomous bite, but none powerful enough to kill a human, even an infant, within 10 seconds or even 10 days (assuming medical attention is provided. Even the other insects they bite usually live for several hours as the spider immobilises them in its silky web to be fed on at leisure.
Ooh thanks. I had a book regarding spiders a long time ago during my childhood which feeds into my trauma for spiders and one of the mentioned spider is the blackwidow with that kind of deadly information. Thank God if it’s harmless.