Success!

Ha! I win the war of the spiders, or at least the current battle!

Yesterday I received my order of non-poisonous insect/wasp/hornet sprays. I wasn't to keen to use them for the simple reason that it would get me close to my sworn enemy.

But I summoned the courage to go out back right before I went to bed to hunt for spiders with my new ammunition. Low and behold, I immediately spotted the troublemaker who was making a ton of webs between the house and BBQ. I postured up, squeezed the trigger on the wasp/hornet spray and soaked the damn thing with the minty elixir of death. It freaked me out how much the thing gyrated and twisted itself in agony I'm sure, because it was moving faster than any black widow I have ever seen before! I let it do its thing, and went inside.

I checked this morning and was disappointed to find that there wasn't a dead black widow hanging around the web. I checked again when I got home and realized I originally missed it this morning, but there she was in all her glory. DEAD glory.

The purchase was a raging success, and I can't wait for Chris to come home and use it. I could summon the courage once, but not again tonight!