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the worst of both worlds

"Ponyman66" said:
I actually looked for a brown recluse for quit awhile. I could never find one...at least alive still. Now I know why! LOL
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Those little suckers pack a mean punch! One tiny bite on my mid quad and my entire leg swelled up like a balloon and took about 6 months to heal. Still have a scar about 2" in diameter from that spider.
 
I've got these hanging out in my garage from the we exchange a few years back.

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I can tell you that you do not want to get bitten by a black widow.

A lady I know was clearing brush a few years back and one fell out of a limb and went right down the back of the her collar and into her shirt. Little buzzard bit her on the back / shoulder.

She had to spend a day or two in the hospital....
 
"Midlife" said:
You sure that snake isn't a tree branch?
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i thought this one was. that is until it lifted its head & started moving...

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if anyone wants brown recluses (or the black widow residing in my water heater room) come on down. the recluses have been terrible here since the flood in may 2010. had one of the little bastard climb out of my shoe tues morn. they come up the tub/sink drains all the time.
 
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The widow spiders all release a neurotoxin. The brown recluse releases a hemotoxin. Hemotoxins affect blood cells and skin tissue in the bite area, whereas neurotoxins affect the nerves and nerve tissues. Hemotoxins attack skin tissues to assist in digestion. The neurotoxins assist in immobilizing and death through, basically, suppression of respiratory functions. Neither spider is considered aggressive, but due to their normal places of residence bites are generally from accidental contact. They both like to remain in hidden or covered areas, such as woodpiles or stacks of junk. People reach in or under to grab something without looking.

I've never watched a brown recluse, because I never had any, but I have watched black widows. I used to keep a pair of females (separated from each other), on the desk in my office at work in a plexiglass "cage" I had constructed. Whenever I'd drop in an insect that was alive and would struggle in the web, the spider would immediately attack and bite in order to paralyze. If the "food" didn't move much, the spider would take her time before moving in on it. I can only surmise the immediate attack was in order to minimize damage to her web.

Some of my coworkers thought it was pretty morbid and objected to them being there (Screw off, it's my office. stay the hell out then! LOL). Others were fascinated by them. Some to the point that they would come in when I wasn't there and open the cage to try and feed them. I ended up having to construct a lock setup for the lid. I also made a warning placard to inform folks they were poisonous spiders. Many of my coworkers had never seen a black widow, even though they're very common...if you watch for them. As such they served as an education tool and my supervisors never questioned or complained about them.

Again....more useless info you could live without! LOL
 
"The widow spiders all release a neurotoxin. The brown recluse releases a hemotoxin"

all the ones i've seen release a white, pus-like substance. well, at least they do AFTER i step on them!!

let me know when you want a jar full of brown recluses for your "lab"......
 
LOL No more "lab", but thanks for the offer!

I'll be happy to deliver some to Duane at the next MBB though! :hide
 
Re: Re: the worst of both worlds

"blue65coupe" said:
Send 'em down. We'll pack those little bastids in the cannon. You spider people are some messed up puppies.
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Arachnid flechette rounds! Brilliant!
 
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