Comments on: Brown Recluse Spider

By: rose sanchez

rose sanchez — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:26:43 +0000

when i was a little girl, my dad came home from a church he worked at at the time, and brought home two “fiddleback” spiders. he flushed them down the toilets after he let us observe them. scary creatures, they are.

By: Tracy Nichols

Tracy Nichols — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:01:24 +0000

Oh by the way. If you see one and don’t want to get near it but want it dead. Spray it with aqua net hairspray and wait about a minute. You will have yourself a little statue for your collection and identification.

By: Tracy Nichols

Tracy Nichols — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:58:43 +0000

I owned a 27000sq ft restaurant in Peoria Illinois for 2 years. I opened in March of 2007 and by May I realized that the entire 110 year old train station was infested with brown recluse spiders. These spiders were very aggressive due to the activity. I had over 2000 glue traps in the building. They would be filled with spiders.

The ones I changed daily would have between 15 and 20 on each trap. Spraying was useless. I had one employee and myself bitten. I learned that the skinner you are the less the venom will effect you. I contacted a few universities and all agreed that due to the reclusive nature sprays and powders usually do not work. The spiders actually move around in a manner that powders and residual sprays do not get on their bodies just the hairs on them.

The restaurant is now closed and the building is vacant except for a bar. Perfect breeding ground for them. So if you live in Peoria Illinois ground zero for brown recluse is the old River Station restaurant. Lots of luck. I hate these things.

By: IIS

IIS — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:12:13 +0000

I live in west Missouri, and I think I have gotten bitten by a brown recluse. Lately I’ve found 3 rather large spiders in the corner of my room, I only got a picture of one that looks a lot like a wolf spider, but I can’t speak for the other two.

I must have gotten this bite in my sleep, I didn’t even notice it until today. At first I thought it was a pimple on my inner thigh, so I tried to pop it. I gave up on that, and eventually it turned into a large welt with a white head in the middle. It’s grown progressively in the past few hours.

I haven’t been feeling sick, or had any fevers but the bite is sore and hard where the white head is.

By: A. E. W.

A. E. W. — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:46:01 +0000

From Fox News Channel 9 Thursday August 11th

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – A four-year-old boy was bitten by a brown recluse spider in Garrison, Minnesota over the weekend, landing him in the hospital and raising concern over a poisonous spider not native to the state.

Maxwell Junior Blake was playing in a sandbox with other children at his grandmother’s house at the time of the bite. Family members think the spider may have hitched a ride in the sand.

PHOTOS: Brown Recluse Spider Bite http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/gallery/news/brown-recluse-spider-bite-aug-11-2011 ( WARNING : Includes graphic images of skin sores)

Maxwell is now hospitalized in St. Cloud, and the skin on his back is dying

Read more: Boy, 4, Bitten by Brown Recluse Spider in Garrison, Minn. http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/brown-recluse-spider-bite-garrison-mn-aug-11-2011#ixzz1Uplcz5fL

By: lacey

lacey — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:18:56 +0000

i feel really bad for all the people that got bit by the spiders

By: Jamie Hoffman

Jamie Hoffman — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:53:52 +0000

Disregard my last comment. My grandmother and I just went into the computer room armed with roach spray (wrong spray type, I know! :] ) and killed it. I would post a picture to help with identification, but for one, I am sure it was a brown recluse, and two………..Ima Scared

By: Jamie Hoffman

Jamie Hoffman — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:03:59 +0000

I am at my grandmother’s house, and earlier today i was coming out of my room and noticed something on the floor. As I got closer to it, it moved. It was brown with a seemingly lighter outline on its legs and body. I am thinking it is a brown recluse, but I am no expert on spiders. But once I realized what it was I jumped back and then it scurried into the computer room, which is no longer used. I pushed a towel under the door, attempting to hold it in there. Please identify this ASAP, as my grandmother is elderly and not in good health. Any help greatly appreciated.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:30:41 +0000

If you are bitten by a Brown Recluse spider you will likely need a mild broad spectrum antibiotic and a steroid(usually oral Prednisone). This will prevent mass necrosis(flesh rotting) and nasty scarring. Recent medical studies attribute the ill effects of the bite to a species of flesh-eating bacteria that lives in the spider’s saliva/venom. You need the antibiotic to kill the bacteria that is eating your flesh and the steroid to control the inflammation of your body responding to the attack. This combination should stop the necrosis.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:21:49 +0000

Last night I found a BR bevy toe on the door frame to my bathroom. This is literally the first BR I’ve ever seen. How do I know if this is an isolated incident, or I have BRs all over?