I DO NOT like spiders !

I absolutely, positively DO NOT like spiders. None of them. I don't care if they eat insects and help maintain the balance of nature. They are creepy, crawly, disgusting little things that give me the willies. I would be perfectly happy if the only spiders I ever saw were in a glass case at the zoo (and even that isn't enjoyable), so you can imagine my reaction when I picked up a bag filled with decaying yard waste and found THIS:

Yes. That is a black widow. And Yes. I screamed like a 12 year-old on a roller coaster. I even did that thing where your feet are running but you aren't going anywhere (my kids love that). And No. The spider did not survive the day. It found it's final resting place in an empty Pringles canister thanks to Ryan (You know I wasn't killing the thing!)