GEEKS!!!!!!!!!!

Barry © wrote:

This spider looks harmless :-)

http://www.screenselect.co.uk/images/products/screenshots/2/11282-5-large.jpg

I have that movie.. Eight Legged Freaks.. it is intended to be a B- movie genre style.

Lisser wrote:

That wound is gross!!!

That's no brown rec bite, though, at least not like one I've ever seen. That looks like someone stuck his finger repeatedly in a bunson burner. Brown recs have venom that causes spreading gangrene. That's too concentrated.

Could be a black rec, I suppose, but they're not as common.

I actually saw that pic of the questionable recluse bite on another site..

here are a couple sites describing the bites in more detail..

http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/emergency/spiderbites_recluse.asp

http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/linda_bite.htm

that should give you more of an idea..

I should note that my STUPID brother found a nest of Brown Recluse spiders and caught 2 of them.. he was NOT wearing any gloves and was wearing shorts and flip flops.. when I told him about the danger of these he laughed and said that he wasn't worried. so I am JUST WAITING to see HIS bites.. he is on Government assistance.. they won't take the time to dress his wounds like these, they will just amputate if on a leg or hand..

Lisser i'm happy you survived from this terrorist spider wandering in your house :)

peronally it's rats what i don't want to see around me.... ghhhhh :/

Mike Preston wrote:

I actually saw that pic of the questionable recluse bite on another site..

here are a couple sites describing the bites in more detail..

http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/emergency/spiderbites_recluse.asp

http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/linda_bite.htm

that should give you more of an idea..

I should note that my STUPID brother found a nest of Brown Recluse spiders and caught 2 of them.. he was NOT wearing any gloves and was wearing shorts and flip flops.. when I told him about the danger of these he laughed and said that he wasn't worried. so I am JUST WAITING to see HIS bites.. he is on Government assistance.. they won't take the time to dress his wounds like these, they will just amputate if on a leg or hand..

Oh jeez, any idiot should know better than to go around bothering brown recluses.

I didn't know a thing about brown recluse spiders until recently and certainly not that they lived near me!!! My luck, I'll step on a nest of them. So I guess brown recluse are social and stay in packs sort of? I keep hearing about nests of them. Do the nests consist of a mother and her offspring or is it like a colony type setting?

I once saw a documentary about a spider, I think it was something native to Austraila or New Zealand? There is an island also that is literally covered in them. I hear these spiders are possibly the most aggressive and dangerous? I can't remember the name. A little help here Mandykins!!!! Or Mikey poo poo!! I hate spiders but I feel like the more I know about them, the better off I am even though I've had HORRIBLE spider dreams since Saturday night!!!

Thanks!

You might be thinking of the Funnel Web spider - they are toxic little buggers.

I hate spiders. If I see one in MY house, It dies. End of story.

YES that funnel web thing!!! Thanks Kind Sir!!!! You always come through for me when I'm having a blond moment (which is 86.9% of the time).

:)

Lisser wrote:

I didn't know a thing about brown recluse spiders until recently and certainly not that they lived near me!!! My luck, I'll step on a nest of them. So I guess brown recluse are social and stay in packs sort of? I keep hearing about nests of them. Do the nests consist of a mother and her offspring or is it like a colony type setting?

I once saw a documentary about a spider, I think it was something native to Austraila or New Zealand? There is an island also that is literally covered in them. I hear these spiders are possibly the most aggressive and dangerous? I can't remember the name. A little help here Mandykins!!!! Or Mikey poo poo!! I hate spiders but I feel like the more I know about them, the better off I am even though I've had HORRIBLE spider dreams since Saturday night!!!

Thanks!

Brown Recluses have been known to live in close proximity to each other, and it is not rare to see 3 or more together, that would make a nest. and yes Mel, they live near you as well.. But you should not live in fear, rather just be aware of their existance, taking percautions such as shoes, gloves when handling brush, working in the garden.. stuff like that, and do some research on them, you will find all kinds of helpful information.

That, my old mucker, is a spider that would die in 2 seconds if it was in my garden.

I'd be too scared to kill it.

A can of WD40 and a lighter makes a good flame thrower, Erin.

Bob The Shrek wrote:

A can of WD40 and a lighter makes a good flame thrower, Erin.

Hmm..very resourceful, Bob..;-)

I am going to guess and say that is a Texas brown Tarantula.