reclusive much?

Jun 20, 2009 16:37

My ex thinks he found a brown recluse in his shower. If you don't know what a brown recluse is I've heard their venom is worse than a black widow. The media likes to freak everyone out now and then, but fortunately we're in California where they're not common and other spiders can be mistaken for a brown recluse - though we do have a few recluse ( Read more... )

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claudia603 June 21 2009, 01:19:40 UTC
;alskdjfa;lskdjf EWW!

I know someone in Jacksonville who got bit by one and it ate away at the skin around her knee and it was really really gross (the scarring)

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wymsie June 23 2009, 02:58:31 UTC
That's awful! :(

I figured out the spider is a "desert recluse" and someone blogged their healing experience from three bites. While it was extremely painful there wasn't any scarring. Hopefully the bad reactions to recluse bites are rare.

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