Spiders are scary but avoidable

  • Most of Oklahoma’s native spiders, like this orb-weaver, aren’t as dangerous as a brown recluse or black widow. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agricultural Communications Services.)
    Most of Oklahoma’s native spiders, like this orb-weaver, aren’t as dangerous as a brown recluse or black widow. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agricultural Communications Services.)
    STILLWATER, Okla. – As Oklahomans pull end-of-year holiday decorations out of the attic and put away tools in sheds, they may end up disturbing some of their smallest neighbors. Exclamations of surprise will be uttered. Bites might be delivered. Squashing, unfortunately, happens too often. Andrine Shufran, Oklahoma State University Extension associate specialist with the O...

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