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12. Not a brown recluse...

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 08:51 PM

Nov 2013

All spiders have some venom, usually no more harmless than a bee sting.

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Anybody know what spider this is that bit me? [View all] SHRED Nov 2013 OP

Not an expert but I think you're guess of species is a good one. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1

I don't know, but frogmarch Nov 2013 #2

I'd make sure it's not a brown recluse if I were you. Xipe Totec Nov 2013 #3

Kind of looks like this mockmonkey Nov 2013 #4

Okay I got it identified and symptom update SHRED Nov 2013 #7

Whew, glad it wasn't a frogmarch Nov 2013 #9

aww... Thanks SHRED Nov 2013 #10

You're all wrong. mysuzuki2 Nov 2013 #8

Funny, I thought I recognized it as "Boris" Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #13

"Creepy crawly, creepy crawly, creepy creppy crawly crawly" panader0 Nov 2013 #14

Whoa! you need to put a warning up.. HipChick Nov 2013 #11

Not a brown recluse... Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #12

I've seen something scarier than that davidpdx Nov 2013 #15

That my friend is called a Black Widow! Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #16

To be on the safe side (and a touch of paranoia)... Behind the Aegis Nov 2013 #17

Hoping it wasn't a Radio active spider yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #18