Comments on: Brown Recluse Spider

By: barbara

barbara — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:19:09 +0000

I lived in Ks.for 9 years and had never heard of a recluse up until a few months before moving to Missouri.Two of my friends were bitten.one required surgery.The house we bought in Missouri turned out to be severely infested.They are quite literally in the walls,baseboards,attic,ceiling and everywhere else in between.This was a preditorial sale to top it off.The whole house is just falling apart.It is bad enough that it needs demolished and the entire site needs burned.Every night I go room by room with a sticky trap collecting them.They have positively identified as a true recluse.We have had 6 bites in 3 years all requiring ER attention.

I have been advised by several honest people in the real estate profession and various other professions to not only move but to seek legal counsel.It just frustrates me to no end that the people involved in the sale of this house were supposed tho be professional and honest.Had that been the case we would not be living in this nightmare of a house.

By: Helen Lambourne

Helen Lambourne — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:21:05 +0000

Hi there,
I sent you an email from my usual email account a few moments ago.
I am working on a new Animal Planet series about Extreme Pests and we are looking for a brown recluse / black widow or hobo spider home infestation story we can tell on the programme, where someone was actually bitten.
I wondered if you could help find this person?
Perhaps I could post my request on your site with my email address?
I will be guided by what you think.
Very best,
Helen
(based in London, UK)

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:33:49 +0000

I think i have one in my house about 4 min ago i tried to kill a spider on wall it had a light brown abdomen couldn’t identify more because it moved i tried to kill it but now i cant find it it also had long legs and i believe i found net if it makes one its not a web but at the side of my tv in a v shape area there’s a nest, can anyone help me i cant sleep till i identify this.

By: lindalou246

lindalou246 — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:52:48 +0000

I live in Minnesota and have spent the last 2 months dealing with a necrotic skin lesion that came on literally overnight. I woke up in the morning with an severe stinging sensation on my left thigh. It looked like a red burn,then turned into a huge blister, then the next day turned black, and deep….about the size of a quarter.

After seeing 6 doctors, I finally found one that identified it as a brown recluse spider bite.

He says that most doctors in this state are not familiar with this spider.I have been tested for every other thing imaginable, and the BR spider bite is the only thing this can be.

It is very painful. Takes FOREVER to heal. Your entire body feels sick and achy. You develop chills,nausea, and vomiting intermittently.

Just when I think I’m getting better, I get struck again with horrible leg pain, and difficulty walking.I had to be out of work for 6 weeks.

I am a nurse,thought I knew about insect bites, but this experience has been unbelievable.!

By: Joshua Dennis

Joshua Dennis — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:48:53 +0000

I was in the weeds at my friends house. I noticed an itchy spot on my knee. It wasn’t itching that bad but it looked like a brown recluse spider bite. I mean it wasn’t burning but it was itching but not that bad. I thought it could been from the weeds but i dont know. Its a little spot that barely itched for a little amount of time. I have not felt any symptoms so far today but that could change. Please find out if it is a brown recluse spider bite.

By: Trudi P.

Trudi P. — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:15:38 +0000

I live in a little town in Michigan and 22 years ago I was bitten by a recluse while I was asleep. I didn’t feel a thing. When I woke up I had about 8 little white dots that I thought were white heads. Tried to pinch them and nothing came out. So later that night I started feeling nausea and fever and my forehead was starting to form a boil.

The next day I knew something was terribly wrong and went to the ER.

Luckily the on call Dr. knew it was a spider bit and treated me properly Within a few days I felt back to myself again but I had huge indents in my forehead and now 22 years later they are still there. I’ve put sticky traps under my bed and I’ve caught several brown recluse spiders. My county wants to Hush-Hush this. They don’t want to scare the public and say that we don’t have them in Michigan. Well I have proof. I want to know where to send these spiders to confirm that we do have them. Also Id like to know , How can I get rid of them permanently.

My home is only 17 years old but my hubby says that under the crawl space it’s spider city.

Thanks,
Trudi

By: Trudi P.

Trudi P. — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:44:50 +0000

I was bitten by a recluse about 22 years ago on the forehead. Eight bites. I has the tell tale white bumps, then it started to swell like a big red boil. Fever and nausea set in and by the next night I knew I needed to go to the ER. By the way I live in Michigan, a state they still say to this day that the recluse does not exist in. So when I got to the ER I was very fortunate. The on call Dr. made the right call on spot.

Spider bite. He treated it as if it were possibly recluse and I was fine, but I’m still left with indents in my forehead 22 years later.

I have a question, I’ve caught many recluses in my sticky traps under my bed, which doesn’t make for good night’s sleep. Can anyone tell me who I can send these spiders too, I want proof that my county does in fact have them. I know people who have been bitten by them. I feel like the local hospital wants to keep it hush-hush so the people won’t freak out. But I think they should know. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

By: Klattu

Klattu — Sat, 22 May 2010 08:02:36 +0000

“Bayer” bug spray in the blue gallon jug, be sure it says ‘germ killer’ on the front.
Kills even cock roaches.
Has a decent smell too.
I found it Home Depot for about $10

By: Anita Namae

Anita Namae — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:45:45 +0000

And more to my post, I checked my leg. There was a small spot, and I washed it, forgot about it. The tingling went away after half an hour or so, with a small bruise around the “bite” area. That’s it.

By: Anita Namae

Anita Namae — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:42:26 +0000

By the way, I thought only child rattle snakes were poisonous, as they don’t have a rattle.