Brown Reculse spiders?

[tigris649]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads. These spiders frequently build their webs in woodpiles and sheds, closets, beds, garages, plenum, cellars and other places that are dry and generally undisturbed. They seem to favor cardboard when dwelling in human residences, possibly because it mimics the rotting tree bark which they inhabit naturally. They also tend to be found in shoes, inside dressers, in bed sheets of infrequently used beds, in stacks of clothes, behind baseboards, behind pictures and near furnaces. The common source of human-recluse contact is during the cleaning of these spaces, when their isolated spaces are suddenly disturbed and the spider feels threatened. Unlike most web weavers, they leave these webs at night to hunt. Males will move around more when hunting, while the female spiders tend to remain nearer to their webs.

fyi

Originally posted by: l0cke
GTFO from these places

http://spider-traps.com/graphics/recluse-map.gif

I'm going to sleep well tonight

 

[Red Squirrel]

I recently bought a house myself and there is a spider problem. I need to make a parody of the movie 300 with me killing them all.

Emptied a can of raid in the basement and crawlspace, and a bit upstairs + got it profesionally sprayed outside.

Now I only find dead ones. I still have a full can of raid ready in case. This is MADNESS!

Oh and this is the type of spiders I had to deal with. Been told they are brown recluse but also been told they might be wolf spiders. I seen other spiders too, such as black spiders and smaller brown ones. Do you have a crawlspace? if yes, check for something like this.

*I may not be held responsible for causing nightmares with my pictures of giant spiders and/or bites. Sleep tight!

 

[tigris649]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
*I may not be held responsible for causing nightmares with my pictures of giant spiders and/or bites. Sleep tight!

:disgust:
On second thought I might just pull an all nighter

 

[DrPizza]

They're found outside the areas on that map. There was a local woman who was bitten by one (western NY) - they captured the spider for identification.

 

[adlep]

Do what this guy did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvrdZZnQlDA



(Apparently they make for great pets)

 

[Modular]

Obligatory: Calling Syringer!

I can't believe this forum is slipping so badly!

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Wag
Don't people ever use Wiki? You really shouldn't worry about it too much. Most Recluse bites are pretty much nothing more than irritating at worst, and the people who are effected the most are the ones with lowered immune systems like young children or older seniors. If you're that concerned why not call in a professional exterminator? The problem with eliminating spiders is that they're mainly good- and they get rid of all the other pests people don't want around. I don't really kill them, I basically just shoo them out of the way (since I have pets I put them outside to keep my cat from eating them ).

I don't give a fuck if they're good insects, I don't want any in my house. They're Kill on Sight.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Do you have a crawlspace? if yes, check for something like this.

OK you couldn't PAY me to go in there! And I don't usually mind spiders. If I can see them that is. The thought that they might be "somewhere" freaks me out.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: tigris649

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads. These spiders frequently build their webs in woodpiles and sheds, closets, beds, garages, plenum, cellars and other places that are dry and generally undisturbed. They seem to favor cardboard when dwelling in human residences, possibly because it mimics the rotting tree bark which they inhabit naturally. They also tend to be found in shoes, inside dressers, in bed sheets of infrequently used beds, in stacks of clothes, behind baseboards, behind pictures and near furnaces. The common source of human-recluse contact is during the cleaning of these spaces, when their isolated spaces are suddenly disturbed and the spider feels threatened. Unlike most web weavers, they leave these webs at night to hunt. Males will move around more when hunting, while the female spiders tend to remain nearer to their webs.

fyi

Originally posted by: l0cke
GTFO from these places

http://spider-traps.com/graphics/recluse-map.gif

I'm going to sleep well tonight

Originally posted by: tigris649

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
*I may not be held responsible for causing nightmares with my pictures of giant spiders and/or bites. Sleep tight!

:disgust:
On second thought I might just pull an all nighter

:laugh:

 

[QueBert]

I read a story in the newspaper out here months ago, maybe even late last year. A dude who was paralyzed was bit by one of these spiders, and after wards had the ability to walk. They didn't go into detail about how well he could walk, but to have legs that never works turn into even semi function legs is craziness.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Well at least you don't have to contend with Brazilian Wandering Spiders.

Among the other things their bite can do...

Aside from causing intense pain, the venom of the spider can also cause priapism - uncomfortable erections that can last for many hours and lead to impotence. A component of the venom (Tx2-6) may eventually be used in erectile dysfunction treatments.

 

[SunSamurai]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I recently bought a house myself and there is a spider problem. I need to make a parody of the movie 300 with me killing them all.

Emptied a can of raid in the basement and crawlspace, and a bit upstairs + got it profesionally sprayed outside.

Now I only find dead ones. I still have a full can of raid ready in case. This is MADNESS!

THIS
IS
SPIDER
COUNTRY!
/kicks you in a pit full of large extreemly fast moving hairy spiders

Jesus save me I clicked all the links.
http://spider-traps.com/graphics/recluse-map.gif
LMAO! Hobo spider? I can just picture it with a stick over its back with a back attached to the stick full of flies wondering the mountainside.


Just to be a complete dick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8DXzjvnzPk - These things can run upto 10MPH and jump a couple feet in the air.
http://www.badspiderbites.com/images/camel_spider.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae
http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/

/evil
http://www.badspiderbites.com/...n-recluse-spider-bite/

 

[SilverThief]

Scary. I used to have to dodge them all the time at the plant I worked at.
The only way to effectively get rid of them, is to call in an air strike.
Napalm.

 

[SirChadwick]

Watch Arachnophobia then you'll feel better about your situation.

 

[Spineshank]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I recently bought a house myself and there is a spider problem. I need to make a parody of the movie 300 with me killing them all.

Emptied a can of raid in the basement and crawlspace, and a bit upstairs + got it profesionally sprayed outside.

Now I only find dead ones. I still have a full can of raid ready in case. This is MADNESS!

Oh and this is the type of spiders I had to deal with. Been told they are brown recluse but also been told they might be wolf spiders. I seen other spiders too, such as black spiders and smaller brown ones. Do you have a crawlspace? if yes, check for something like this.

*I may not be held responsible for causing nightmares with my pictures of giant spiders and/or bites. Sleep tight!

Doesnt look like a Wolf spider to me. I have those at my place and they dont look like that.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Damn I am so glad I live in a country where there are only 3 venomous spider species, of which only one is lethal, and with only 2 recorded deaths in the past 200 years. So fucking glad.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Damn I am so glad I live in a country where there are only 3 venomous spider species, of which only one is lethal, and with only 2 recorded deaths in the past 200 years. So fucking glad.

Fuck Australia: They are attracted to water and hence are often found in swimming pools where they have fallen while wandering. The spiders can survive such immersion for up to twenty-four hours and can deliver a bite when removed from the water.

 

[SunSamurai]

Slow internet, fast spiders. Fuck AUZ!

 

[SonnyDaze]

Home defense MAX.

 

[MotF Bane]

Nuke from orbit.

 

[StageLeft]

Cockroaches are one thing but if I had two of these in my house I'd fumigate the ever-loving sh*t out of it. These are no damn joke. Go hardcore on their ass NOW.

They're found outside the areas on that map. There was a local woman who was bitten by one (western NY) - they captured the spider for identification.

Damnit, I thought I was safe here.

 

[Lamont Burns]

Friend got bit by one in college on his inner thigh. The inflammation ended up covering most of his right quad and hamstring... and doctors even mentioned amputation to him I think to save his wenis. It was not pretty.

 

[Lamont Burns]

That's it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

 

[40Hands]

I wonder too if they're brown recluses. Pictures?



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[gsellis]

It bears repeating. Are you sure they are brown recluses? BR's are like Black Widows with non-hairy, shiny legs and a fiddle on the top of their heads that starts at their eyes. Too many folks call any brown spider a Recluse.