Brown Recluse Face
Jun 21, 2023 18:20:50 #
Rub-A-Dub-Dub...Look before you enter the tub. This is a small brown recluse spider that I found hiding behind the shampoo bottles in the tub when I was getting ready to shower. There are times when I believe we live in the center of their universe for I find them quite often.
So...into the pill bottle it went and dispatching in the kill jar to be posed before the camera for a focused stacking session. In addition to the "fiddle" on the back of their thorax, they are different from most spiders for they have six eyes instead of the usual eight of other spiders.
So...into the pill bottle it went and dispatching in the kill jar to be posed before the camera for a focused stacking session. In addition to the "fiddle" on the back of their thorax, they are different from most spiders for they have six eyes instead of the usual eight of other spiders.
Jun 21, 2023 18:34:48 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
Amazing. I had one snuggle up inside my elbow and bite me a number of years ago; the wound at the time was so bad that the ER doc assumed I was an IV substance abuser trying to score pain meds. I WAS trying to score pain meds, but also antibiotics...needless to say when I was asked to fill out a survey about my visit I did not give that guy a shining report.
Jun 21, 2023 19:02:08 #
SWFeral wrote:
Amazing. I had one snuggle up inside my elbow and bite me a number of years ago; the wound at the time was so bad that the ER doc assumed I was an IV substance abuser trying to score pain meds. I WAS trying to score pain meds, but also antibiotics...needless to say when I was asked to fill out a survey about my visit I did not give that guy a shining report.
Thanks, SWFeral. Their fangs are quite small so they evolved a very potent venom. Unfortunately for us, it dissolves our flesh and leaves a nasty wound and infection.
Jun 21, 2023 19:08:09 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Rub-A-Dub-Dub...Look before you enter the tub. Thi... (show quote)
Nasty buggers. But a good shot!
Jun 22, 2023 01:52:35 #
Jun 22, 2023 05:41:10 #
If cleanly shaved and with a fresh hair cut... still not a beauty. Amazing detail, indeed!!
Jun 22, 2023 08:58:05 #
bcheary wrote:
Nasty buggers. But a good shot!
Bcheary, Thanks for dropping by.
Jun 22, 2023 08:58:31 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
A great picture!
Thanks, Mark. I appreciate your feedback.
Jun 22, 2023 09:00:23 #
dpullum wrote:
If cleanly shaved and with a fresh hair cut... still not a beauty. Amazing detail, indeed!!
Thanks, Dpullum. I'm always surprised to see how hairy a specimen is when viewed under magnification that otherwise looks to be smooth.
Jun 22, 2023 11:31:52 #
Jun 22, 2023 12:15:31 #
SWFeral wrote:
That doc was an uninformed idiot. Unfortunately ER docs don't get much training in wound care.The wound at the time was so bad that the ER doc assumed I was an IV substance abuser trying to score pain meds.
You should have been referred to a hyperbaric and wound care center.
Jun 22, 2023 12:21:33 #
tinusbum wrote:
beautiful stack,thats a face i see to often just not this close
Thanks, Tinusbum. They mean no harm and they are beneficial in controlling insect pests. Unfortunately, they are so good at hiding is how we often encounter them unknowingly. Their fangs are ever so small that they barely puncture the skin and the bite goes unnoticed. Then the venom does its dirty work and the wounds can be nasty...very nasty.
I don't dispatch spiders for my collection; however, the brown recluse is the exception due to their ability to hide and an unwanted encounter.
Jun 22, 2023 13:21:45 #
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Jun 22, 2023 15:54:14 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks for dropping in, Mike.
The pleasure is all mine.
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