Rackaddict
Life Member
I hate those things. We have them around all the time. Everytime I have to crawl under the house I tape my pants shut and wear a long sleeve turtle neck shirt. Now I'm going to wear gloves too.
dbltree
Super Moderator
Nasssttyyy!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Recluse_Spider
Rackaddict
Life Member
If you find any in Iowa, you're supposed to report them and turn them in for a study. Here's the write up and link:
Help with our study....We want your spiders! If you live in Illinois, we are soliciting spiders collected in northern Illinois, particularly north of highway I-70, or north of a line running East-West through East St. Louis.
If you live anywhere in Iowa , we want your house spiders. This study is ongoing -- if you encounter this web site, we still want your spiders. This web site will be deleted when the study is terminated.
We will happily accept any spider collected that you suspect is a brown recluse and would like identified. Please send any spiders (more on mailing spiders) for this study to Dr Cramer at his sabbatical location in Oregon below (from Dec. 26, 2005 to July 1, 2006):
Dr. Ken Cramer
Brown Recluse ID Project
Lewis and Clark College
Dept. of Biology
0615 Palatine Hill Rd.
MSC 53
Portland, OR 97219
You may also contact Dr. Cramer at kenc@monm.edu
Help with our study....We want your spiders! If you live in Illinois, we are soliciting spiders collected in northern Illinois, particularly north of highway I-70, or north of a line running East-West through East St. Louis.
If you live anywhere in Iowa , we want your house spiders. This study is ongoing -- if you encounter this web site, we still want your spiders. This web site will be deleted when the study is terminated.
We will happily accept any spider collected that you suspect is a brown recluse and would like identified. Please send any spiders (more on mailing spiders) for this study to Dr Cramer at his sabbatical location in Oregon below (from Dec. 26, 2005 to July 1, 2006):
Dr. Ken Cramer
Brown Recluse ID Project
Lewis and Clark College
Dept. of Biology
0615 Palatine Hill Rd.
MSC 53
Portland, OR 97219
You may also contact Dr. Cramer at kenc@monm.edu
LoessHillsArcher
PMA Member
That is freeky, I wonder if he lost his thumb? I would think he would, that is nasty!
Fishbonker
Life Member
My bet is he will lose more than his thumb. I've only seen one for sure and a few other suspected ones. Its the mushy ulcerated center and necrotic tissue around the mushy part. First one I saw(transported) was on a face. I didn't follow up 'cause I didn't want to know. Insert vomiting graemlin here.
The 'Bonker
The 'Bonker
Rackaddict
Life Member
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Rack, good info but I doubt they'll be able to identify any spider after I scrape it off my bootheel.
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Kinda what I was thinking.
Rack, good info but I doubt they'll be able to identify any spider after I scrape it off my bootheel.
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Kinda what I was thinking.
DOUBLE LUNG
Active Member
That sure scares the hell out of a guy. Damn!!
K
Kat
Guest
Critter!!!
BLEH! I closed my eyes as quick as I could, but it wasn’t fast enough. I knew I shouldn’t have opened this post, but you know... the whole curiosity and kat thing...
Anyway, it’s my understanding that the tissue damage done by the bite is from chemical reactions and is usually not done by bacteria or virus, therefore the antibiotics the doctor gives for infection are pretty much worthless at stopping the spreading of the chemical reaction and will not stop any possible gangrene.
I’ve read that gangrene caused by spider bites and even shrapnel in wartime has been successfully treated with straight lavender essential oil, poured directly into the wound several times a day. Also, not every bite turns into a freak show:
"The physical reaction to a brown recluse spider bite depends on the amount of venom injected and an individual's sensitivity to it. Some people are unaffected by a bite, whereas others experience immediate or delayed effects as the venom kills the tissues (necrosis) at the site of the bite. Many brown recluse bites cause just a little red mark that heals without event. The vast majority of brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring."
-From Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet on entomology http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html
Absolutely disgusting...
Anyway, it’s my understanding that the tissue damage done by the bite is from chemical reactions and is usually not done by bacteria or virus, therefore the antibiotics the doctor gives for infection are pretty much worthless at stopping the spreading of the chemical reaction and will not stop any possible gangrene.
I’ve read that gangrene caused by spider bites and even shrapnel in wartime has been successfully treated with straight lavender essential oil, poured directly into the wound several times a day. Also, not every bite turns into a freak show:
"The physical reaction to a brown recluse spider bite depends on the amount of venom injected and an individual's sensitivity to it. Some people are unaffected by a bite, whereas others experience immediate or delayed effects as the venom kills the tissues (necrosis) at the site of the bite. Many brown recluse bites cause just a little red mark that heals without event. The vast majority of brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring."
-From Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet on entomology http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html
Absolutely disgusting...
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mattjo0791
Guest
dude that must suck ass i wouldnt go around one of them ever again
Matt
Matt
passinthru
New Member
My cousin was bitten two summers ago by one. He thought he had the flu, until his wife drug him to the emergency room.
He was very fortunate to recover in a couple weeks. He was bitten in the calf area, it spread up to his thigh and looked very very nasty.
He was very fortunate to recover in a couple weeks. He was bitten in the calf area, it spread up to his thigh and looked very very nasty.