Wolf spider bites are painful.....I can verify that!!
The brown recluse, aka fiddler because of the fiddle shape on its head and thorax, is very common in our area but I've yet to see one in my house.🤞🤞 This picture of one was taken inside my parent's house.
llamb
Loc: Northeast Ohio
I almost died from a spider bite in 1948. I was put in a polio ward and given "Last Rites" by a priest. A nurse who was bathing me in alcohol to counter the fever noticed the bite/discoloration on my foot and the treatment was altered. I was too young to I remember anything but my parents taught me to avoid spiders. I still eliminate them when I see them.
~Lee
Rich2236
Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire
Where I lived in Cali, I would go out at night and normally kill about 3 to 5 black widow spiders around my house just about every night.
rlv567
Loc: Baguio City, Philippines
Boone wrote:
or...maybe not!!!
One of my sons, in Northern California, as an adult, nearly lost his leg - and his life - to a brown recluse bite.
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Bloke
Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
I have an arrangement with the king of the spiders. If I don't see his subjects, then I won't kill them...
There are no good spiders - I eliminate as many as come within reach.
Boone wrote:
or...maybe not!!!
They forgot to put the last step in the spider first aid list. STEP on the damn thing!
Country Boy wrote:
There are no good spiders - I eliminate as many as come within reach.
That's kind of a broad statement describing an entire population based on a single member. The majority of spiders (and insects in general) are either beneficial or harmless. We have jumping spiders in our house (about the size of your fingernail) that eat flies and mosquitoes and they don't spin webs that become dust webs. They hang around our windows and houseplants and I carefully avoid bothering them when I vacuum or dust. We get along just fine.
I'll download it but it ain't going on my refrigerator.
In your list supplied by a termite company.....
The word 'Toxic' is incorrect. The word they are trying to say is 'Venomous'.
Muddyvalley wrote:
In your list supplied by a termite company.....
The word 'Toxic' is incorrect. The word they are trying to say is 'Venomous'.
To me “toxic” and “venomous” is about the same.
whatdat wrote:
To me “toxic” and “venomous” is about the same.
Sorry. I meant to quote the word used "Poisonous".
Venomous is not the same as poisonous.
"Poisonous: it’s when you ingest the toxin – and this is probably less common. Like, for example, you lick or eat a poison dart frog. Please don’t do it. Poison is a toxin that gets into the body by inhaling, swallowing, or absorption through the skin.
Venomous: it’s when the toxin is injected into you. Examples of this would be a cobra that uses its fangs to inject venom, or a scorpion with its stinger. Venom is a toxin that gets into the body by being injected, usually by a bite or a sting."
Whether toxic, venomous, or poison, I will endeavor to avoid all that are mentioned. :-)
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