It香蕉视频直播檚 spider season in the Okanagan and black widows, the only venomous spider found in the region, have come out in full force.
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Ball says that once the weather begins to cool overnight black widows begin to move indoors.
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The unusual amounts of precipitation earlier in the year followed by the hot temperatures seen later in the summer also created 香蕉视频直播渢he perfect environmental factors香蕉视频直播� for insects to breed, explained Ball.
Finally, COVID-19 essentially shutting the world down for months may have also contributed to the influx of black widows.
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Although black widows are venomous, Ball said they don香蕉视频直播檛 actually pose a very big threat to humans. The spiders rarely bite humans unprovoked and for most people, a black widow bite shouldn香蕉视频直播檛 be seen as a death sentence.
If a healthy adult is bitten they can expect soreness and swelling around the bite area and possibly a fever. Children, the elderly, and people with underlying health conditions are at a higher risk of suffering more serious complications from a black widow bite which may require a hospital visit.
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