Black widow warning to all-pass it on

[amishmama]

One of our students came to school the other day with a dead black widow in a jar to show the students--no big deal right, until i found out where it had come from.  We are in wisconsin and this family found it in a bunch of grapes that they had purchased at a local store.  I asked the mom if they had notified the store and she said they told her expect to find these kind of spiders, tarantulas and even small bats in bunchesof fruit and lettuce that comes from california because they are not using pesticides as much anymore.  Has anyone else heard this and please be careful and really inspect any fruit or veggies that come from california--yikes!!!

[stormcris]

Thanks for the warning but it is good to see them not using as many pesticides.

[RiNKeasMom]

Oh wow, thanks for the heads up! We usually buy from a local farmer's market, but when we buy from the grocery store I'll have to keep this in mind!

[amishmama]

I am glad that they are not using as many pesticides since I am allergic and so are two of my children.  It would be nice if they could have stricter inspections though.

[freedomthinks]

ditto 

Quoting stormcris:

Thanks for the warning but it is good to see them not using as many pesticides.

[norwegianwood]

I don't know about ALL of CA but in the Sacramento area...widows were rampant.

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[tericared]

Thanks for the heads up... 

[robsmom3]

Wow, thanks for the warning.

I never thought of it before but, this is the logical price for not using pesticides.

I too would rather have to inspect my food than have all kinds of chemicals on it though.

[Jamie1972]

thanks for the heads up. and living in the cali area its good to know. but i always thought bats lived in caves? how in the world would they get in the trucks from the farmers to local and or nationwide grocery stores?

[amishmama]

apparently they would be in the bunches of bananas