I think that the Brown Recluse is bit more common in the Midwest and south. When I was in the Army, I was given safety briefs on Brown Recluses in Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, and Northern Cal. It might just be an Army policy to talk about these, but I didn't get the same brief in Texas or Arizona. They talked about things like scorpions and fire ants.
I knew one guy that got bit by one and you can tell that part of the muscle in his forearm was gone. It was this 2-3 inch depression in his arm where he got bit. He didn't even feel the bite and after three days it got so bad he finally got it checked out but it was too late for the effected area because it was already dead. Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 Lombard, IL 60148 630-627-5055 ext.-136 630/627-5255 Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd To: CF-Community Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:06 PM Subject: Re: OMG - Arachnophobia > No..it was not only the brown recluse, or the black widow..although > these WERE mentioned. Hmm .. the only other "dangerous" spider that I know of in the US is the "hobo spider". apparently, they have a nasty habit getting in to homes, much more often than the brown recluse or black widow. They are mostly confined to the north west. I think they came over here from europe, so maybe Erika isn't safe after all >=-) > Some people have this reaction to the poison from several spiders...and > you don't know until you get bitten most of the times. kinda like bees I guess. > There was one spider in particular that was huge. heh .. define huge > -Gel ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
