Man I know the feeling... I was mulching my flower beds and picked up a bag of mulch a carried it accross the yard to where I needed it. Little did I know that I had a hitch hiker about 3 inches from my hand. A black widow about the size of my thumb was clinging to the bag. poop man... the hair on my neck still stands just thinking about it. I think I mashed that thing so far into the dirt they wouldn't find it in china... I have those damn things all over the yard... the baby ones really freak me out. They are supposed to be more potent than the adults.