Spiders

Cudakiller70 · May 20, 2017, 09:07:48 PM

Live about an hour east from San Francisco, I have never seen so many spiders. I'm guessing the only thing different this year is all the rain we had.

Webs all over the place. Up on our roof of all places you can't help but notice webs all over the vents, attic fan covers and ridge vent just everywhere. All around the house too. I'm on a mission,

my wife was bitten by a black widow last year, she was down and out almost a week. More afraid for the kids, found a black widow in their play house slide.

My wife said this article nailed it
https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-feel-like-to-be-bitten-by-a-black-widow-spider

1 Wild R/T · May 20, 2017, 09:51:45 PM

Widows are everywhere out here & have been for longer than I've been alive.... The one you've gotta be careful of is the Brown Recluse...... I was off work for six weeks after getting bitten by one of those....

Chryco Psycho · May 21, 2017, 08:01:29 AM

Brown recluse are bad for sure , never been bitten so far luckily

Cudakiller70 · May 21, 2017, 09:11:24 AM

I've been bitten by a brown recluse, but didn't have near the reaction Wild did. Felt the venom flow through me though very, very warm and felt like itchy, prickly fiberglass on my skin as well. The bite spot took a long time to heal.
For black widows we never worried because someone we knew only had flu like symptoms from being bitten. My wife thought after her BW bite she would tough it out well 6 hours later we went to ER, she had a bad reaction.

1 Wild R/T · May 21, 2017, 09:33:12 AM

Mine wasn't gonna heal by itself, my primary dr at the time I'd never been real impressed with & when I went to him he said Black widow bite, if you haven't gotten any worse than you are you'll be fine no worries..... The next day I went to the ER... Sitting in the waiting room with 40 other people with sniffles... Figured I'd be there all day... Nope, a dr walking through the waiting room saw my arm, grabbed me & took me straight to the back.... No anesthesia, just barely laid a scalpel to the wound & it burst open, green rotting flesh..... It stunk bad... He carved an area about the size of a 50 cent piece about 1/2" deep out of my arm... There was allot more involved but I think you get the idea... Ugly....

Funny thing, I never worried much about spiders before that.. After that some nights I'd wake up in the middle of the night thinking I'd felt something crawling on me.... I'd totally strip the bed looking for spiders.... Than went on for a couple years...

Brads70 · May 21, 2017, 10:12:30 AM

hummmm maybe the snow is not so bad after all.....

Cudakiller70 · May 21, 2017, 10:14:26 AM

Yup that's exactly what Ive read on BR and many times worse. Ya that's nasty stuff. You got lucky too, well not really! They like to hide in your clothes too FYI. I'm always turning things inside out.
I saw the one that bite me, I was very very lucky. Went to my doctor for a yearly check up he dialed in on the bite quick, but I told him it had been a couple of days. He gave me a prescription ointment for it and wanted me to be sure and use it.
Oh and waking up with that crawling feeling, ya have felt that too, how about waking up to a spider web across your face

. Tore the room up and sprayed with indoor spray. They need to learn to stay outside

Cudakiller70 · May 22, 2017, 10:06:53 PM

Went out tonight only 4 black widows!

Topcat · May 22, 2017, 10:17:53 PM

I was also bitten by a brown recluse.

Little bastard must've crawled in my sleeping bag.

That was so freakin painful.

Horse Penicillin sized pills and I began healing 36 hours later.

MOPAR FANATIC · May 25, 2017, 01:17:08 PM

WHY oh why did I have to read this thread,now you guys got me all creepy crawly.

I don't mind spiders but then again we don't have widows or br's in Minnesota either.

bee's on the other hand,deathly afraid of those little suckers.stung waaay to many times when I was younger probably why.

1 Wild R/T · May 25, 2017, 06:25:41 PM

Quote from: MOPAR FANATIC on May 25, 2017, 01:17:08 PM
WHY oh why did I have to read this thread,now you guys got me all creepy crawly.

I don't mind spiders but then again we don't have widows or br's in Minnesota either.

bee's on the other hand,deathly afraid of those little suckers.stung waaay to many times when I was younger probably why.

Minnesota huh? Lets talk about Mosquitos.... LOL....
The company I work for is in St Paul.... I get there usually two-three times a year.... Mostly when it's snowing.... Though I have been water skiing on Minnetonka & skeet shooting maybe around Owatona.... Somewhere down there, Nice place....

Cudakiller70 · May 25, 2017, 06:31:55 PM

How about wasps?

1 Wild R/T · May 25, 2017, 06:36:00 PM

Quote from: Cudakiller70 on May 25, 2017, 06:31:55 PM
How about wasps?

Super Bee's!!!!!!!!

71GranCoupe · May 25, 2017, 07:06:31 PM

Quote from: 1 Wild R/T on May 25, 2017, 06:36:00 PM
Quote from: Cudakiller70 on May 25, 2017, 06:31:55 PM
How about wasps?

Super Bee's!!!!!!!!

And the ones really bad to the bone ones have Bumble Bee stripes across the butt.

Chippa · May 25, 2017, 07:17:46 PM

Come to Australia !! we have all sorts of nasty creepy crawlies down here haha...

P.S i hate spiders...snakes are ok...rule of thumb, if its got more than 4 legs kill it