A Chart You May Want To DL !
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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.
Jul 6, 2022 06:04:23 #
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
~Lee
Jul 6, 2022 07:26:02 #
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.
Jul 6, 2022 08:11:20 #
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
Jul 6, 2022 08:49:31 #
I have an arrangement with the king of the spiders. If I don't see his subjects, then I won't kill them...
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Jul 6, 2022 10:18:23 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
Boone wrote:
or...maybe not!!!
They forgot to put the last step in the spider first aid list. STEP on the damn thing!
Jul 6, 2022 10:28:24 #
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.
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Jul 6, 2022 11:13:36 #
In your list supplied by a termite company.....
The word 'Toxic' is incorrect. The word they are trying to say is 'Venomous'.
The word 'Toxic' is incorrect. The word they are trying to say is 'Venomous'.
Jul 6, 2022 11:23:13 #
Muddyvalley wrote:
In your list supplied by a termite company.....
The word 'Toxic' is incorrect. The word they are trying to say is 'Venomous'.
The word 'Toxic' is incorrect. The word they are trying to say is 'Venomous'.
To me “toxic” and “venomous” is about the same.
Jul 6, 2022 11:37:14 #
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."
Jul 6, 2022 12:04:23 #
Whether toxic, venomous, or poison, I will endeavor to avoid all that are mentioned. :-)
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