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Offline WhiteHawk

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« on: June 15, 2006, 06:35:29 PM »
So I put out these littel black sticky traps to get a sample of the critters that be living in my home.  Low and behold i get after 1 month, in the one downstairs, 6 brown recluses and 1 cricket.  Upstairs, 3 brown recluses 1 jumping spider and 1 cricket.  How can I tell that they are recluses?  They have 6 eyes.  2 in front and two on each side.  Hmmm, what to do.:(

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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2006, 06:46:49 PM »
Looked like this?

http://www.spiderzrule.com/spiderphotos05/DSC_0077.1.600.jpg

They are *way* nasty. Friend got bitten on the ankle and it was the size of a football in half a day.  Took weeks to heal.

Protip: don't search GIS for brown recluse images while eating. The pictures of the necropsy are awful.

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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2006, 08:10:17 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2006, 11:24:31 PM »
I'm betting they're common wolf spiders. :)
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2006, 04:37:32 AM »
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I'm betting they're common wolf spiders. :)


oh, how i wish you were right.  They 3 diad eyes are specific to the recluse.  I took out my swiss army knifes magnifying glass and made the call.  No, I have to get rid of them.  More sticky traps?  Poison is last resort.

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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2006, 06:17:29 AM »
If you went with the dyads you do indeed have brown recluse spiders.  Time to call a professional .........

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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2006, 08:11:34 AM »
Move to Alaska.. problem solved. :aok
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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2006, 08:23:11 AM »
moose bites hurt too I'm told...
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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2006, 08:26:09 AM »
A local pest co can spray your home for very little cost some stuff they use now is pet safe.  I know because I ask for it since I have dog and shes always getting into something that doesn't belong to her.

My home gets done every 3 months..I rarely see any form of bug/spyder. Its always a nice safty blanket..

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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2006, 02:07:42 PM »
Don't mess around with the lil bastages, get some professional help. The money you save on medical bills if you get bitten will be worth it. Not to mention the pain and injury.:eek:
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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2006, 02:14:05 PM »
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moose bites hurt too I'm told...



don't kick the moose in the nuts and he won't bite.  Problem solved.
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« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2006, 02:43:39 PM »
i just got over a bite.. i was bitten on the upper backside or my leg.. i guess i must have rolled over on it while sleeping.. the army doctors told me that 90% of bites normally heal on their own without scarring.. my bite got huge and so painfull that i couldnt sit down without sitting on a pillow.. no fun.. i live in kentucky and they are everywhere.. the locals down here dont pay them much mind.  was told that if i find wolf spiders in my garage not to kill them because they hunt the recluse.  a good way to find out if you are sharing your house, get a bowl of water (dont fill too high, just a tad).. then place the bowl somewhere in a room that doesnt get much attention like a closet, under the bed, next to entertainment center... the recluse with go to the bowl for a drink, slide in, get wet and wont be able to get out and then they will drown.. thats how i caught my specimen to take with me to the doctors.

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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2006, 03:07:43 PM »
Brown recluse spiders can indeed kill you or rot big holes in your body, but it does not usually happen. We have them all over the place here at my house; I killed one on a bag of concrete in my storage shed a few days ago.(I never killed any inside  the house, but I'm sure they are here) What I hate is all the Black Widows, I saw the biggest danged Black Widow here in Arkansas that I have ever seen anywhere, it was the size of a Tarantula & was living inside of a cable pedestal I was working in. I used my propane torch to light the web in an attempt to kill it so I could finish my work, ha....babies went running everywhere. I just left the ped open & came back with bug spray & soaked it down; I was feeling stuff that wasn't there crawling on me the entire time I was working in that darned thing.  :(

 The D/C voltage theory for destroying venom was first used because of a rattlesnake bite & was subsequently tested by M.D.'s & was found to do nothing but give an electrical shock to an already poisoned person according to an outdoor life article I read; might be reliable, might not.

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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2006, 03:25:17 PM »
Quote by Brenjen

The D/C voltage theory for destroying venom was first used because of a rattlesnake bite & was subsequently tested by M.D.'s & was found to do nothing but give an electrical shock to an already poisoned person according to an outdoor life article I read; might be reliable, might not.


ha ha ha... i read about something like that too... man got bitten by recluse and then applied the whole wives tale that electric will neutralize the venom... he used a stun gun... not only is he suffering with a spider bite but add some burns on top of that.. ha ha ha... here's your sign..

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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2006, 03:30:03 PM »
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ha ha ha... i read about something like that too... man got bitten by recluse and then applied the whole wives tale that electric will neutralize the venom... he used a stun gun... not only is he suffering with a spider bite but add some burns on top of that.. ha ha ha... here's your sign..


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