Pests We Treat Photo Album: Black Widow Bugging Community Residents in Lakewood, NJ
Here's a close up of a black widow at this adult community in Lakewood, NJ.
Oh Hi!
Came across this arachnid while treating this community!
Female Black Widows
This is a female black widow. Black widows are black in color with two reddish triangular markings that look like an hourglass. Males are smaller, lighter in color (gray or brown), and may have red or white spots or stripes on the top side of their abdomen.
A Powerful Venom
Their venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than that of a rattlesnake, but they only bite humans when they're disturbed.
As a Precaution
We applied a knockdown liquid application directly to the black widows, which is going to rapidly neutralize it. Once we were finished, we performed a crack and crevice treatment around the entire exterior of the building with a residual application that is specifically labeled to eliminate spiders.