Brown Recluse Spider ...

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  Posted by Sew Flake Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:40am PDT

  By the way I found out some things. Only 10% of the bites will be anything other than a little red spot. If it starts to swell within 24 hours then it's a bad one and go to the doctor immediately. If it's just a little red spot then you're fine. If they're in your building/house then they're everywhere. The only way to get rid of them is to find out where the "Mama" spider has spun the web it's a gray like spider web and it'll have a little white sack which hols around 50 spiders.

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  Posted by dre Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:56am PDT

  thats crazy. i just learn about these spiders on friday in my cpr/first aid class. i learned that the baby ones are usually more dangerous becuase they cant control how much venom they give... also not to burst the blister, thats ur body defending u from the venom. then we saw the outcome if u do burst the blister...wasn't pretty at all. very growse!

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  Posted by Mmgirl Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:59am PDT

  I am sure if it had bitten him he wouldn't have been holding it. I think you may have just made your son afraid of all spiders.

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  Posted by springtime Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:00am PDT

  Have your home fumigated by a professional. These spiders like to hide.. in a shoe, in the pocket of a house robe, etc. People have lost arms or legs from these bites. By the time the swelling begins , it is often too late. I saw a science documentary about these spiders several years ago. Very scary. A lady interviewed said she was bitten at work in the morning. By late afternoon she was at the doctor. The infection had settled into her elbow and required surgery to save the arm.

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  Posted by Christine Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:00am PDT

  I found out the hard way where spiders live! I was bitten by a Hobo Spider on my 42nd Birthday last February! Turns out a wood pile was a spider haven. We had a Explorer parked for months next to the wood, and I drove it to Tires Plus to have new tires put on it for my oldest son's first car. A spider crawled up my leg and I was bitten right above my sock, on my ankle. Didn't feel a thing! It got really gross and painful that night. I blew out my candles from a hospital bed!

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  Posted by Sew Flake Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:40am PDT

  I'm so sorry mafia_wife! Whatta terrible birthday to have. But at least you're alive that's a wonderful thing. :) I live in an apartment and they're bringing me bug bombs tonight and then they said in two weeks they'll have the exterminator come. Will the bug bombs work?

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