Widow's Peak: Spiders found in Canuck stores

[TO Kid]

THE INCREASED reliance of U.S. grape growers on creepy-crawlies for pest control is leading to a growing number of frightening encounters for Canadian consumers. Black widow spiders are now appearing fairly regularly in Canadian fruit bins, including two of the potentially deadly arachnids that recently hitched a ride to the northeastern New Brunswick town of Caraquet.

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"I think this is the kind of thing we're going to see more often as people demand organic, pesticide-free food."

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/12/03/763462.html

[Lautremont]

1. Oh, the crafty ways the bush folks have of taking their revenge!

Come on, GW! I was just a few hundred thousand "fuck you"s. No need to bring out the black widows!

[happyslug]

2. Can not survive above 45 Degree latitude.

The US - Canadian is on the 49th Degree, thus almost all of Canada is to cold for Black Widows to survive. More a Nuisance than a threat.

http://www.desertusa.com/july97/du_bwindow.html
http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/blackwid.html
http://www.pestproducts.com/blackwid.htm

[NV Whino]

3. I hate it that the little hourglass is on the bottom

Gotta turn 'em over to see if they're black widows.

;)

[TO Kid]

4. Most easterners are south of 45

Toronto is at 43 degrees.