I’ve been despairing — I never get good egg production over the winter months. Today, though, one of the black widows surprised me with a big ol’ egg sac. I’ve been trying to make them think they’re vacationing in Florida in July, and I guess I fooled one, despite it being November in Minnesota.

You know what this means? I’ll have a swarm of baby spiders in December! And you know what that means? All my friends and family are getting black widow spiderlings for Christmas!*

*Not really. I don’t know that they’d properly appreciate a pet spider.