Nov 07, 04 12:25 pm — Ive always been terrified of spiders. I read in Cosmo once that a fear of spiders can often be traced back to an older brother that terrorized you. Guess being folded up in the sofabed when Mom & Dad were out to dinner didnt leave me unscathed afterall.......Anyways, Ive only been bitten once, by a Wolf Spider, but in the last 6 mos. Ive had 3 friends bitten by Brown Recluses. Oh my god, the damage done from the bite!! Now every lil itch or tickle on my body has me freakin' and spazzin and swatting constantly. Im sure the neighbors across the street must think Im a schizo on acid. Has anyone in Madville been bit??!!
The native ones, dear.
You're luck you don't live in the Middle East. They have spiders called "Camel Spiders," which are the size of Lobsters. They bite, but they're not deadly.
The "Camel Spider" is of the order Solifugid and is not a spider, it's a type of scorpion (which is still technically an arachnid).
They're not the size of lobsters, that's a myth starter by some grunts during the gulf war.
They are big though, and very very fast
I've actually seen a specimen of a Camel Spider up close and personal, and it was in fact the size of a Lobster. And yes, I'm aware that they're not actual "spiders" but a type of Scorpion. Actually called "Wind Scorpions."
Trust me, Jeeves, you're not telling me anything I don't know.
I know what I saw, Andy. Do more research.
Maybe you saw something else? There are plenty of big spiders out there
The sign on the glass case said "Wind Scorpion, aka Camel Spider." Can we get off this now?
been bite by alot of things in my workings on cars that sit in fields and havent been touched in years. Take off a wheel and BOOM your bit they jump right at ya.. im built for it though . never had more then a welt.. :)
My older brother always terrorized me, but I always had pet spiders. Spiders are so cool especially when they in their little corner of my room catch so many mosquitoes.
now ya'll wanna be freaked out how about waking up in the middle of the night to a trantula (now i hope that is right) on your chest crawling up to your face then you can get freaked out
NOTHING scares me more than spiders.
Awright , now I just have to tell you guys about Frank. I worked with Frank in Dallas , any way one day Frank came came in to work almost completly deaf in one ear. He could hear out of it but everything was badly muffled. We tried to no avail to get Frank to see a doctor about his ear, he just wouldn't. So after 4 months Frank finally see's a doctor and ,guess what?
Doc dug a dead spider out of his ear. The doctor said it had crawled to the very back where it almost perfectly plugged the hole. Frank probably itched where the spider was crawling on his face in his sleep, Frank mortally wounded the spider scratching it, and it crawled all the way back in his ear and died there.
So for 4 months Frank was walking around with a dead spider in his head.
True Story.
Niteynite 
That's creepy.
Poor spider.
The average person will swallow 10 spiders during their sleep over the course of their lifetime ::grin::
Bite Symptoms
The physical reaction to a brown recluse spider bite depends on the amount of venom injected and an individual's sensitivity to it. Some people are unaffected by a bite, whereas others experience immediate or delayed effects as the venom kills the tissues (necrosis) at the site of the bite. Many brown recluse bites cause just a little red mark that heals without event. The vast majority of brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring (http://spiders.ucr.edu/avoidbites.html).
Initially, the bite may feel like a pinprick or go unnoticed. Some may not be aware of the bite for 2 to 8 hours. Others feel a stinging sensation followed by intense pain. Infrequently, some victims experience general systemic reactions that may include restlessness, generalized itching, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, or shock. A small white blister usually initially rises at the bite site surrounded by a swollen area. The affected area enlarges and becomes red, and the tissue is hard to the touch for some time. The lesion from a brown recluse spider bite is a dry, blue-gray or blue-white, irregular sinking patch with ragged edges and surrounding redness--termed the "red, white, and blue sign." The lesion usually is 1 inches by 2 inches or smaller. Characteristics of a bite are further discussed at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/08/05/hlsa0805.htm.
The bite of the brown recluse spider can result in a painful, deep wound that takes a long time to heal. Fatalities are extremely rare, but bites are most dangerous to young children, the elderly, and those in poor physical condition. When there is a severe reaction to the bite, the site can erupt into a "volcano lesion" (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue). The open wound may range from the size of an adult's thumbnail to the span of a hand. The dead tissue gradually sloughs away, exposing underlying tissues. The sunken, ulcerating sore may heal slowly up to 6 to 8 weeks. Full recovery may take several months and scarring may remain.
It is difficult for a physician to accurately diagnose a "brown recluse bite" based simply on wound characteristics. It is absolutely necessary to have the spider for a positive identification. Necrotic wounds can result from a variety of agents such as bacteria (Staphylococcus, "flesh-eating" Streptococcus, etc.), viruses, fungi, and arthropods (non-recluse spiders, centipedes, mites, ticks, wasps, bedbugs, kissing bugs, biting flies, etc.). Necrotic conditions also can be caused by vascular and lymphatic disorders, drug reactions, underlying diseases states, and a variety of other agents. An annotated list of conditions that could be mistaken for a brown recluse spider bite is available at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/08/05/hlsa0805.htm. Misdiagnosis of lesions as brown recluse bites can delay appropriate care.
as quoted from http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html
Remember the scary kids book;
I know an old woman who swallowed a spider
that wiggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her
she swallowed the spider to catch the fly
perhaps she'll die
Reminds me of the theme to "Round the twist".
It really is a charming book that is guaranteed to keep children wide awake at night instead of putting them to sleep.
The story line is that this woman swallows larger and larger animals, each one to get the previous one, and at that end of each stanza are the words, perhaps she'll die.
The ending is particularly funny, it goes, "I know an old woman who swallowed a horse, she's dead of course."
Ahahhaha, that is funny.
will wrestle a bear but I run from spiders
This entire journal has mind fucked my day
Thank you very little
I worked on my families farm when I was younger so I have been bitten many times. Never by a recluse or anything that can kill someone, but by things that will definately swell an area up!
I have a lot of black widows around where I live. Freakiest things ever.
i really love spiders alot
a whole lot. i feed the ones that i see around my house in spring. in my opinion, they are a good thing. they keep the annoying bugs from gettin outa control.
AndyPandy
In the UK the spiders are harmless