scrubbedexpat097

No black widows seen in the 23 years we have been here.....BUT.....we have seen a lot of Brown Recluse


You should be ok though honey, you are not so "country" where you are

Jerseygirl

They are even worse.

scrubbedexpat097

Shhhhh....don't let Weeze hear you

Weeze

Now I'm actually in my account.
I have just googled them and they look like every spider I have ever seen. And they hide in your bed and clothes.
Mr Weeze, your pizza dough is in the mixer. Your family is on route to the airport.

scrubbedexpat097

Jerseygirl

Years ago I was talking to a lady at the Smithsonian Museum in DC...she was showing several different species of spiders. She said that the Brown Recluse (or Fiddle Spider) was the most dangerous in the US.

Uncle Ebenezer

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/spide.../page11_em.htm

scrubbedexpat097

QUIT JG or I'll send you all the frogs and toads we have here....

Weeze

Thanks, you are really helping
On the plus side, maybe my fire ants will be eaten by my spiders, my spiders will be eaten by my scorpions, and my scorpions will be eaten by my snakes. Snakes presumably get eaten by either the gators or the old lady (while they wiggle and giggle and jiggle inside her).

scrubbedexpat097

STOP!

Uncle Ebenezer

Just trying to make sure these nasty creatures are treated with the respect they deserve.

Weeze

http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5...l/recluse.html

Oh that's a bit better. The things in my garage are out in the day and live in webs. I'm safe.

Jerseygirl

Looks like he dropped a small pizza on his leg.

Primula

Exactly. So gross. I'm guessing that took a long to heal.

Uncle Ebenezer

10 months. If you look at the website link, it has photos (starting from photo #11) from immediately after the bite, to when the leg - after a large skin graft - had finally healed.