I have always been rather indifferent to spiders and would even become som ewhat annoyed when my wife and kids would complain about the presence of a spider in the house (e.g., Daddly Long-legs or some other seemingly innocuous species) that needed to be killed or, as I would do, simply toss it out the house . I admit to have only been vaguely acquainted with the Brown Recluse , but after reading Ken's post I decided to look it up to see if they can be found up here (NJ) a nd ... damn!!!! I'm glad I did.
There is an informative audio in this webpage, http://www.brown-recluse.com/index.html , though about midstream it becomes an info mertial about a remedy. There are also some nasty-looking pictures of spider bites that went bad and t he rest of the site has some additional useful information. The Penn State site, http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/brown-recluse-spiders , is likely to contain more reliable information. But, all in all this stuff is downright scary. Thanks for posting about your experience, Ken. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Steele" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:09:32 PM Subject: Re: [tips] The "Real" Spiderman I used to think that spiders were cute and harmless until I was bitten by a brown recluse. It happened in a classic manner. I pulled a bike jersey out from the back of a closet and put it on immediately. I didn't feel the bite. But later that evening I had a big red swollen spot on my lower chest. I was lucky in that it cleared up after a few days without any tissue necrosis. Now I give stored clothing a shake and a few hours of hanging in bright light before wearing the item. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D. [email protected] Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 6/26/2012 9:30 AM, Marc Carter wrote: > Although I'll be in the city around the time of the exhibit, living > here in Kansas provides me more than enough exposure to arachnids... > I've lived in a lot of places, but I've never seen so many and so > many varieties of spiders. On top of that, my clinical colleague > used to have a tarantula ("Cookie" was her name, and she actually was > very sweet -- as spiders go, at any rate) that my colleague used for > desensitization exercises in her classes. > > m > > -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, > Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts& > Sciences Baker University -- > > >> -----Original Message----- From: Michael Palij >> [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:57 AM To: >> Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij >> Subject: [tips] The "Real" Spiderman >> >> Okay, I'm sure that all of you are aware that the powers that be >> have decided to "re-boot" the Spiderman franchise and the new >> version will be out in theaters shortly. Spiderman is based in NYC >> and it is not surprising to see certain NYC landmarks used in the >> films. In the new film, the American Museum of Natural History is >> used and here is an article on the museum's arachnid expert; see: >> http://www.nydailynews.com/events/norm-platnick-american-museum- >> natural-history-curate-spiders-alive-exhibit-article- >> 1.1101904?localLinksEnabled=false >> >> By the way, the museum has its own program to show off. Quoting the >> NY Daily News article: >> >> |The tarantula will be part of he upcoming "Spiders Alive!" >> exhibition |(which officially opens July 28), which Platnick will >> curate. More than |20 species of living spiders will coexist with >> interactive exhibits to |let visitors explore all kinds of arachnid >> facts. >> >> So, if you in NYC at the right time, get your bug on. >> >> -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] >> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629&n=T&l=tips&o=18634 or send a blank email to leave-18634-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18635 or send a blank email to leave-18635-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
