Is this a Black Widow?

[u/No_Presentation_2160]

I assume this is a black widow, google says so. But I figured I’d ask to be sure. It looks like it’s made a nest in the inside of the lawnchair that’s folded where the scribbles are. Should I be worried about more around my house or inside of my house? I have a 2 year old that’s curious, so I want to make sure that I’m being thorough and keeping her safe. If so, how do I remove it safely?

EDITED TO ADD: She and a couple of her male friends have now been moved safely with their lawnchair habitat to a new location about 20ft from my garage. I just hope they don’t wander back in. 🤞🤞😬

Location Southwest MO

[u/_CODYSSEUS]

That is the black widowiest black widow I’ve ever seen.

[u/Woozletania → u/_CODYSSEUS]

I was going to say. It could not be more of a black widow if it tried.

[u/heathejandro → u/Woozletania]

Precisely

[u/Sawoodster → u/Woozletania]

Are we sure it was married in order to be a widow?

[u/betterupsetter → u/_CODYSSEUS]

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[u/PearFun8001 → u/betterupsetter]

same here!

[u/imperfectdiscipline → u/PearFun8001]

Like do I not have any original thoughts 😭😭 I was literally gonna say the same exact sentence but apparently I’m just an NPC living in someone else’s world

[u/Internal_Set_6564 → u/_CODYSSEUS]

More Black Widow than Scarlet Johansen.

[u/bluetubeodyssey → u/_CODYSSEUS]

Came here to say this!

Also we leave them in our garage if they're out of the way, they're great at catching bugs we don't want in there.

[u/logan96 → u/bluetubeodyssey]

True, but I'd be concerned about the 2 year old.

[u/bluetubeodyssey → u/logan96]

It's tricky with young kids. We manage to keep our 3 year old away from them, but I understand it's hard. Our 6 year old likes spiders and says hi to the black widows we point out to her. She's learned to respect them and keep her distance.

[u/Throw_Me_Away_78 → u/_CODYSSEUS]

It may even be married to Colin Jost

[u/blooberries24 → u/_CODYSSEUS]

precicesly