Death by spider bite

[Pollaco]

I got more than my share of Daddy Longleg spiders down here. My niece insists that they have a very deadly venom but lack the fangs to deliver it. I don't believe it. Didn't Mythbusters dispelled that story about them?

 

[Lubliner]

When I returned to Tennessee in September of '99, I looked up a friend and was invited to stay there with him for a week. The day I arrived by backpacking, I took my equipment and was busy spreading the tent and tarp out on his mountain home property. When I squatted down a felt a sharp sting in the sweet spot behind one knee and I quickly stood up, ouch. I couldn't find the perpetrator, and no visible mark was left behind the knee, but almost instantly I had a pressure headache, and soon had symptoms of diarrhea and nausea. My friend only had an outhouse behind his house, and I remained in constant need of it for the week I was there. By the end of it, I still was weak in the legs, but was able to take a lift to Etowah, Tennessee, recuperate in the woods another couple of days, and then packed-out walking from there through Athens and Decatur, across the Cotton Port bridge, and into Dayton. From there after holing up and finding some work, I picked up and walked into Chattanooga past Sale Creek into Soddy Daisy, up the North Chicamauga Creek for 4 days and finally into the Signal Mountain area close to Stringer's Ridge tunnel. I left no trace behind me, as I was adequately trained in the field. But that bite was a lot of discomfort and can deduce it was not a scorpion since I personally know what their sting does. Whatever I hope to never meet it again. Very scary.

 

[Fairfield]

When I returned to Tennessee in September of '99, I looked up a friend and was invited to stay there with him for a week. The day I arrived by backpacking, I took my equipment and was busy spreading the tent and tarp out on his mountain home property. When I squatted down a felt a sharp sting in the sweet spot behind one knee and I quickly stood up, ouch. I couldn't find the perpetrator, and no visible mark was left behind the knee, but almost instantly I had a pressure headache, and soon had symptoms of diarrhea and nausea. My friend only had an outhouse behind his house, and I remained in constant need of it for the week I was there. By the end of it, I still was weak in the legs, but was able to take a lift to Etowah, Tennessee, recuperate in the woods another couple of days, and then packed-out walking from there through Athens and Decatur, across the Cotton Port bridge, and into Dayton. From there after holing up and finding some work, I picked up and walked into Chattanooga past Sale Creek into Soddy Daisy, up the North Chicamauga Creek for 4 days and finally into the Signal Mountain area close to Stringer's Ridge tunnel. I left no trace behind me, as I was adequately trained in the field. But that bite was a lot of discomfort and can deduce it was not a scorpion since I personally know what their sting does. Whatever I hope to never meet it again. Very scary.

There sure are lot of nasty crawling things about. When I was a student, I was told that a naturally preserved cockroach had been found inside an ancient pyramid. It appears that the creepies can go after more than Union soldiers and residents of New Hampshire!

 

[farrargirl]

Wow….so sorry for all you guys affected! I just turned to page 169 on Doctors In Gray. Heading was "Insects and Vermin". Not one word about spiders.
Some references to insects :
South Carolina coast - night attacks by sand flies
Night attacks by mosquitoes - sometimes w/ fever and chills
North Carolina soldier - needs more tobacco to ward off gnats
..and the usual chiggers, roaches and the "brigades of lice"

Makes you wonder if some of those mosquitoes were really spiders! …

 

[Lubliner]

There sure are lot of nasty crawling things about. When I was a student, I was told that a naturally preserved cockroach had been found inside an ancient pyramid. It appears that the creepies can go after more than Union soldiers and residents of New Hampshire!

"The spider skillfully grasps with its hands,
And it is in kings' palaces." [NKJV, Proverbs 30:28].
Lubliner.

 

[TnFed]

"The spider skillfully grasps with its hands,
And it is in kings' palaces." [NKJV, Proverbs 30:28].
Lubliner.

And a lot of other places.lol.

 

[Lubliner]

And a lot of other places.lol.

Spidey sense is a blessing. I awoke one day as a brown recluse suddenly dropped on a thread out of the fire alarm in the ceiling, descending toward my hoodie jacket which I would have donned. Spiders are quick as the devil too, and we usually see them as they stalk their prey. They have the ability to dart. But not when dead.
Lubliner.

 

[Pollaco]

I stomped on a big black spider during church services this morning. The preacher just grinned as if to say "Welcome to South Texas". The preacher until very recently was from Indiana.

 

[Carol]

I got more than my share of Daddy Longleg spiders down here. My niece insists that they have a very deadly venom but lack the fangs to deliver it. I don't believe it. Didn't Mythbusters dispelled that story about them?

I was told the same thing growing up, but guess what? They are not even considered spiders.

The Myth of the Grandaddy Long Legs | Spider Identification

The myth of the granddaddy long legs is that they are the most poisonous spider in the world. Find out why this is not true.

www.callnorthwest.com

 

[Lubliner]

I stomped on a big black spider during church services this morning. The preacher just grinned as if to say "Welcome to South Texas". The preacher until very recently was from Indiana.

Funny, I was in a laundromat late one night and saw a big brown wolf spider (?) crossing the floor. I stomped it and it turned out it was a female carrying 100's of itty-bitty baby wolf spiders on its belly and every one of them got away. You got lucky and so did your preacher. Foresee a mass exit stampede.
Lubliner.