Fangs for the Memories
Jun 9, 2021 13:12:30 #
This is a magnified view of the fangs of the Brown Recluse that I posted the other day. They are not as large as many others yet with a venom that turns its prey into "spider soup" they don't need to be.
Jun 9, 2021 13:18:22 #
Another nice closeup Sippy. The fangs may not be long but they are robust for a spider that small
Jun 9, 2021 13:21:25 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a magnified view of the fangs of the Brown Recluse that I posted the other day. They are not as large as many others yet with a venom that turns its prey into "spider soup" they don't need to be.
Jun 9, 2021 13:28:23 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Another nice closeup Sippy. The fangs may not be long but they are robust for a spider that small
Oh, Curmudgeon, I surely would not want them to clamp down on me.
Jun 9, 2021 13:29:01 #
Jun 9, 2021 13:41:13 #
When I was 16, our home did not have central air, but it had two window units. I used to make a pallet under one of them and sleep there in order to be cool. One morning I woke up and found a brown recluse squashed in my bedding. I also had a bite on my arm. It took a year for the wound to heal up and just before it healed, black goop spilled out of the wound site and down my arm. Very icky, especially since it happened in class.
Jun 9, 2021 13:42:31 #
Jun 9, 2021 14:19:43 #
A friend of mine was bitten on her face many years ago by one of these things and she still has a scar. With venom like they carry it doesn't take much of either fang or venom
Great shot. I'll take my dykes and snip off the ends
Great shot. I'll take my dykes and snip off the ends
Jun 9, 2021 15:17:54 #
ejones0310 wrote:
When I was 16, our home did not have central air, but it had two window units. I used to make a pallet under one of them and sleep there in order to be cool. One morning I woke up and found a brown recluse squashed in my bedding. I also had a bite on my arm. It took a year for the wound to heal up and just before it healed, black goop spilled out of the wound site and down my arm. Very icky, especially since it happened in class.
Thanks, it's nice...or perhaps not so nice...to know that others can relate to how the Brown Recluse has earned it's reputation.
Jun 9, 2021 15:19:50 #
photosbytw wrote:
A face only a mother could love.......
Unfortunately, they have a deep family resemblance.
Jun 9, 2021 15:35:47 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Unfortunately, they have a deep family resemblance.
Yours.......or theirs?
Jun 9, 2021 17:21:12 #
tramsey wrote:
A friend of mine was bitten on her face many years ago by one of these things and she still has a scar. With venom like they carry it doesn't take much of either fang or venom
Great shot. I'll take my dykes and snip off the ends
Great shot. I'll take my dykes and snip off the ends
Thanks, and I can relate to that.
Jun 9, 2021 17:23:23 #
photosbytw wrote:
Yours.......or theirs?
Well...when I was a lad the only way that I could get our dog to play with me is if I had a porkchop tied around my neck.
Jun 9, 2021 17:46:54 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a magnified view of the fangs of the Brown Recluse that I posted the other day. They are not as large as many others yet with a venom that turns its prey into "spider soup" they don't need to be.
Nasty...
Jun 9, 2021 18:14:51 #
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