Posted on 04/26/2011 1:07:00 AM PDT by Daffynition
ScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2011) — One of the most feared spiders in North America is the subject a new study that aims to predict its distribution and how that distribution may be affected by climate changes.
When provoked, the spider, commonly known as the brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa), injects powerful venom that can kill the tissues at the site of the bite. This can lead to a painful deep sore and occasional scarring.
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“Most feared?”
Cripes, these AGW morons are hyping everything but the kitchen sink.
More envirowacko BS.
The recluse has been expanding territory since it started.
Sticky traps stop brown recluse “in their tracks” and help control other pests the spiders may use as food. Keep the traps out of the reach of pets and small children. Place them on the floor against walls, behind furniture and in other out-of-the-way locations where brown recluse are likely to travel. Sticky traps can be purchased from lawn-and-garden centers, hardware and discount stores, pest control companies and distributors, do-it-yourself pest control suppliers and the Internet.
Though sticky traps may be less than attractive in your living room, you cannot use too many of them. Using 50 or more in the average home should not be considered excessive. The more traps you place, the more likely you are to catch the spiders. Not only do the traps kill brown recluse, they also help pinpoint “hotspots” of brown recluse activity – places to focus control efforts on, such as pesticide applications."
Yep. Like cockroaches, they move with people.
If I ever get that many of those suckers on one trap, I’m dusting off and nuking my house from orbit!
(it’s the only way to be sure!)
I say that because we live in Wyoming, where we just came through a winter with weeks down to -20F.
We keep hearing about “global warming.”
We’re still waiting.
You can add norther Colorado to that map. I knew of someone bitten by a Brown Recluse here about twenty years ago. We also have Hobo spiders whose bite is supposed to be pretty nasty.
Women and minorities hardest hit, of course.
I frikkin' HATE Hobo spiders.
Brown Recluses suck, but Hobo spiders are like a Brown Recluse's big, scary brother who just got out of prison.
I have arachnophobia but I pretty much learned to deal with it after living in a little cabin in SW New Mexico with large gaps under the doors. One of my first nights there I went up into the kitchen with flashlight in hand and saw a fuzzy black and white spider about 4"s in diameter on the wall. I decided I wasn't that hungry and went back to the lower level. Where I was sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag. It was either deal with it or lose it. lol
That designer had to be pulling a joke on her. In fact I think a lot of her outfits have been practical jokes and she’s just too ignorant to know it.
Confirmed Range of The Hobo Spider - Tegenaria agrestis
That bugger does look familiar. But that black widow is the one that really triggers my phobia. I remember the exact incident that created my arachnophobia when I was about 6 and it involved two black widows just like the one above.
Stop being cruel to me! No more pics of MO.
The bite I got on the side of my head almost killed me eventually, it led to multiple secondary effects spread over years.
It destroys tissue and opens you up to secondary infections. There is a doctor in Texas who believes the toxins can linger unnoticed after the initial symptoms and hit you again later.
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