according to hobospider.com the brown recluse is not in the pacific northwest - its been a mistake that was reported on the news- but its the hobo spider.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Corrigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 18, 2002 5:14 pm Subject: Re: OMG - Arachnophobia > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
