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Brown Recluse Spider in Northern Virginia? (vanity)
myself | 6/1/2005 | Pyro7480

Posted on 06/01/2005 7:17:47 AM PDT by Pyro7480

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How should I eliminate the threat of being bitten myself? Should I call an exterminator?
1 posted on 06/01/2005 7:17:48 AM PDT by Pyro7480
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You'd better be careful!

Have you seen pictures of bite victims?

Very, very bad little creatures.

2 posted on 06/01/2005 7:19:52 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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R - A - I - D ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
3 posted on 06/01/2005 7:20:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Goooooooogle your own name.............)
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Move to Maine


4 posted on 06/01/2005 7:20:26 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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Just bugbomb the house. My wife was bitten by one in NC as was a friend. It's really ugly.


5 posted on 06/01/2005 7:20:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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Just bugbomb the house. My wife was bitten by one in NC as was a friend. It's really ugly.


6 posted on 06/01/2005 7:20:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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I've heard that they can be found as north as Maryland.


7 posted on 06/01/2005 7:21:07 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Yes, I've seen pictures. Nasty, nasty.


8 posted on 06/01/2005 7:21:31 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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Call a bug man immediately. Leave the place for a day after he's been there. Mention the brown reculse bite and make sure his spray will kill spiders. Have him come back and spray again in three months. These bugs are nothing to fool with and they can be found as far north as Minnesota.


9 posted on 06/01/2005 7:21:36 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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While the Black Widow is the most well known poisonious spider, the Brown Recluse is actually far more dangerous.


10 posted on 06/01/2005 7:21:41 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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I've heard that we have them here in Northern Virginia.

How did it "become obvious" that something was wrong? I haven't heard of the effects of a bite.


11 posted on 06/01/2005 7:22:06 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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"Very, very bad little creatures."

Very bad, squared.


12 posted on 06/01/2005 7:22:24 AM PDT by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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It could be a misdiagnosis:

http://spiders.ucr.edu/


13 posted on 06/01/2005 7:22:29 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drooling moron since 1998...)
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Are the bites always really really bad, or do some people just react to it worse than others? I've seen some people (on TV, not personally) whose entire lives were destroyed by the little buggers.


14 posted on 06/01/2005 7:22:36 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Brown Recluse FAQ's
15 posted on 06/01/2005 7:22:41 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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http://www.brown-recluse.com/


16 posted on 06/01/2005 7:23:06 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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If you kill a spider you make it rain.


17 posted on 06/01/2005 7:23:44 AM PDT by ctlpdad (Liberals - weeds in the lawn of society.)
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I was bitten by one - in VA - in 1982 so they have lived here for quite a long time. Also, my nephew - who lives in Poolesville, MD - was bitten 3 yrs ago while sleeping over at a friends house. They like to creep up on you in the night. (Sorry, just could not resist that.) I thought I was going to lose my leg.


18 posted on 06/01/2005 7:23:51 AM PDT by Virginia Queen (Virginia Queen)
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My husband was bitten 5 times by a brown recluse. By the time he went to the Dr, days later, the Dr. said he was lucky to be alive.


19 posted on 06/01/2005 7:24:10 AM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: Delmont

Tale of Ed ping!


20 posted on 06/01/2005 7:24:13 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (I don't drink and FReep...it just looks that way)
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