Brown Recluse also known as Fiddler
Aug 6, 2020 09:22:53 #
Both of these were taken inside my parent's house. The bite from one can be nasty. Notice the design on the thorax that looks like a fiddle. That's the reason they're called Fiddlers.
Aug 6, 2020 09:33:52 #
JRiepe wrote:
Both of these were taken inside my parent's house. The bite from one can be nasty. Notice the design on the thorax that looks like a fiddle. That's the reason they're called Fiddlers.
Aug 6, 2020 09:46:37 #
JRiepe wrote:
Both of these were taken inside my parent's house. The bite from one can be nasty. Notice the design on the thorax that looks like a fiddle. That's the reason they're called Fiddlers.
Excellent photo of one of the more dangerous spiders here in America. Our county Emergency Management Director was on vacation in Tennessee and was bitten on the neck by a BR. She had some very serious issues from the bite and had to medically retire. A spider not to mess with.
Aug 6, 2020 10:32:14 #
Blaster34 wrote:
Excellent photo of one of the more dangerous spiders here in America. Our county Emergency Management Director was on vacation in Tennessee and was bitten on the neck by a BR. She had some very serious issues from the bite and had to medically retire. A spider not to mess with.
The story on the first spider is that my mother and I were upstairs looking for her Brownie camera that my dad had bought for her in the early 50's when I saw this spider run across a cardboard box. I picked up a magazine to place in front of the spider to head it off. So it turned around and started heading in the opposite direction. I placed the magazine in front of it again with the same result but then the spider stopped. I handed the magazine to my mother telling her I was going downstairs to get the camera but for her to whack it if it tries to run off. When I came back upstairs the spider had not moved so after a few shots I whacked it with the magazine.
Aug 6, 2020 10:37:30 #
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Aug 6, 2020 15:12:34 #
Excellent detail in these photos in download. The second pic looks like one spider is a meal.
Thanks for posting the good information. Now I'll know what to look for if I come upon one.
Thanks for posting the good information. Now I'll know what to look for if I come upon one.
Aug 6, 2020 16:08:16 #
The second spider was in a cooler. The cooler was sitting on the floor with the lid open and this spider was inside feasting on another spider. That was that spider's last partial meal.
Aug 6, 2020 16:15:24 #
Excellent photos. These nasty guys have a range of the southern half of United States, one of the few nasties that are native to the U.S.
Aug 6, 2020 21:47:25 #
Thanks all for looking and commenting. Years ago while still living at home with my parents it was a common practice for we kids and friends to make pallets on the floor for overnight sleepovers but I absolutely would not do it now.
Aug 7, 2020 06:34:53 #
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Was bitten by one when in the fourth grade. Nearly died and missed so much school I had to repeat fourth grade. Still have scars on my arm where doctor lanced my arm several times to drain it.
Aug 7, 2020 09:42:01 #
Aug 7, 2020 09:54:23 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Where there are two, there are more. They love dry places like corners of a room with cardboard boxes. Best to get them exterminated, not a good thing to have in your home lest one bites during sleep.
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