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Hobo Spider
grumpygy
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One got me on the leg. Spot is not as bad as I've seen a lot of. But it sure did mess me u. Weak and tired.
Got me some time Sat Night just now starting to feel better.
Got me some time Sat Night just now starting to feel better.
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glad your doing Ok
part that I always check ... and copied from the web
In the United States, the Hobo spider has been considered to be a dangerous species based on a toxicology study on rabbits where lesions appeared after spiders were induced to bite the rabbits.[7] This laboratory study has led to the proposal that in some parts of the U.S. nearly all bites attributed to the brown recluse spider are in reality the hobo spider's bite.[8] The CDC and other U.S. government agencies[9] have also used this same study as the basis for a report claiming that the hobo spider bite causes necrosis in humans,[10] despite the absence of any confirmed cases. Subsequent attempts to replicate the study by injecting sufficient venom to ensure envenomation have failed to produce necrotic lesions, and there is even question as to whether the lesions observed in the original study were necrotic.[11]
In Canada, there are scientists who claim that no hobo spider bites lead to dermal necrosis.[12] Hobo spiders are common in Europe, though bites are relatively uncommon, and other than unconfirmed reports there is no evidence of them causing necrosis despite hundreds of years of coexistence there. The only documented case of a verified hobo spider bite leading to necrotic skin lesions involves a person who had a pre-existing medical condition (phlebitis) that can also cause the appearance of skin lesions.[11]
Hobo spider bites are not known to be fatal to healthy humans. The necrosis in purported cases is similar to, but milder than, that caused by the brown recluse spider, and in severe cases can take months to heal. Other reported symptoms include intense headaches, vision abnormalities, and/or general feelings of malaise. These symptoms are not confirmed for the hobo spider bite specifically due to lack of positive identification of the spider by an expert, and the Oregon Poison Center (affiliated with the Oregon Health & Science University) is attempting to gather definitive evidence regarding the validity of these reports as of September 2007.[13][14]
Knew I had some in the garage. But did not know I had any in the house. See I leave wolf Spiders alone and they love to eat hobo Spiders. Wolf spiders also do not bother humans.
still have a divot on my cheek at it's worst I thought it was going to eat a hole through my cheek . Don't mess around go to doc. spider bites do strange things to living tissue
I had to look up Hobo spider, we don't have them here.
I like spiders as Much as Snakes & Rats[:0]
Local TV the one I keep Complaining about KEZI. Was going to do a special one the problem of the Brown recluse this year in Oregon.
So I provided them some links to web sites that show that the Brown Recluse is not in Oregon. One was from the State website. And it said just what is in this topic.
The special was supposed to be on last night, seems they pulled it.[:D]
He had a hole clean through his foot like someone shot him clean through with a .50. Every day for 2 months he had to go to the doctors office and get the wound scraped out.
Spiders give me the heebeejeebees