Comments on: Wolf Spider

By: tammy

tammy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:21:43 +0000

Just an FYI. I am a nurse that has worked in both the jail system as well as the prison. we commonly get alot of requests to be seen for spider bites. 9 times out of 10 it turns out to be MRSA. This is a staph infection that is resistent to alot of antibiotics. It can be very difficult to treat, reaccur and can be spread to others if they have an open wound.

By: chris m.

chris m. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:50:46 +0000

how do you get rid of these spiders (wolf spiders) where the kids play and mostly close to the house.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:15:07 +0000

Hi, in regards to a brown recluse spider bite. #49. We moved into a model home in S. CA and purchased the furniture also. There must have been a brown recluse in the mattress on the bed. When i got up there was a red welt on my thigh. 3 days later it wa about 6 inches accross with 3 layers. First layer was raised and red, 2nd layer was raised off the first and was a darker red, the 3rd layer on the 2nd layer was a hole about an inch in diameter. It was purple and open and wet looking. I went to the dr. and at first they yhought it was flesh eating disease. It turned out to be a brown recluse bite. They put me on a strong antibiotic and it took about 2 months for the scar to start to fade. Hope the helps.

By: Shiirah

Shiirah — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:37:15 +0000

we havw a million wolf spiders in our basement its so disgusting i’ve never been bittin and dont plan to!!

By: neev

neev — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:17:56 +0000

o and if you see those pics on top of the page those are brown recluse spider .

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:57:03 +0000

About 4 days ago I woke up to see two little puncture marks on my left forearm…actually there were three marks, two more underneath that and one under that. There’s been a lot of little brown almost black spiders around my house lately and the seem to like to live in the laundry. After I got bitten the bite kept getting worse and now the whole area is swollen with little fluid filled blisters…they kind of look like the ones you get with a really bad cold sore. They are in a circular pattern and the middle is red…it’s extremely itchy, worse than anything I’ve ever dealt with before including poison oak and ivy. I’ve been putting antibiotic ointment on it, but it’s not helping. Anyone ever had a bite like this? Should I go to the doctor?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:34:15 +0000

Hi. I just wanted to thank you all for your comments on here. I just got bit a few times this past weekend at a hotel in Kansas City. I thought it was mosquitos but the welts are bigger and hot to the touch. Anyway, I too got the bites while sleeping and I did see the little spider stare at me and then run and hide under the refridgerator after waking up. It had the same look as the wolf spider. He must have been on the bed while I was napping and bit my leg when I got too close. Anyway, I’ve got a nasty red welt on my leg. I keep it covered because it’s the only way to keep myself from scratching. I was worried that it might become an MRSA infection and I don’t have insurance so I went to a clinic. They wanted $200 just to look at it. I told them I’ll just die. (overly-dramatic I know…) Anyway, I’ll try some ice and if it gets any bigger or redder I’ll hit the nearest emergency room. BTW: Is Bicactrin ointment something you can buy over the counter?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:02:03 +0000

I live in South West Florida, and for about the last month and a half I have been steady killing Wolf Spiders just about at least one every two days. There medium to small in size. The first one I seen though, looked like a Tarantula and nearly scared me half to death, as I surely have archniphobia. My worst fear is spiders next to going to hell. Anyways, I tried Black Flag Spider/Bug killer, but that stuff does not work at all. I sprayed it on the spider, and the spider just acted like I hadn’t done anything to it. I have found two in my shower, and the rest in my bedroom, which scares me. The first time couple times, I had either my landlord or my boyfriend kill it. That got to be a little funny, because my boyfriend was just as afraid of it as I was. So one day, when my bf told me that he would “be the man” and kill the spider, he tried several times to kill it, but ran out of the bathroom because it started spiraling down it’s web down the middle of my shower.

So I took a flyswatter and smashed it. That was my first kill, and ever since, have grown used to killing them. I have learned over time that they do not like the light, and run at the sound of noise. However, I caught one in my bedroom closet one night, and to calm myself, started singing softly, “On Bended Knee” by Boyz II Men. The spider did not run, and stayed where it was, and did not move at all. I continued to sing until I was able to get my flyswatter and swap it dead. But most of the time, they like to run when they see you, so I found it a good idea to SPRAY THEM WITH BLEACH AND THEN KILL THEM WITH A FLYSWATTER. WORKS BEST SO FAR.

By: charley of North Florida

charley of North Florida — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:37:22 +0000

I have thousands of the evil brown spiders on my property.
have them from a dime size to around 6″ inches (the breath of the legs) the larger ones take some real dosing of spider rated spry to kill. The 6″ one I dosed with RAID completely covered the guy. The first time he just wiped it off his eyes and came right at me. So I put a stick down in front of him, he just jump on it and started climbing at me. So, while he was climbing I walked him over to a concrete slap and tapped him off, where he looked around and started toward me again, This time I did not spare the RAID, bad boy got a shower plus of the stuff, plus some extra pools of the spry around him for good measure.

This seemed to stop him. So I went to get a jar to be able show what walka and stalks the farm to the kin folk. Come back in about half an hour and he is Gone!! Now I got a pissed 6″ wolf spider that knows where I live! Geez, Now I am begining to posion the full farm with the Ortho Max, I have herds of the dime size one, Yep, Herds of them. Well so much for the fun part of country living.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:01:44 +0000

We found this one dead in our pool yesterday after returning from vacation. My husband put “it” into this bucket. It looked bigger when pulled from the water because it was more extended. It was in the bucket in the hot Mooresville City, Irredell County, NC sun all day so it has been decomposing some. I have spent my night and most of my day obsessed with identifying it. I am completely freaked out though I know “spiders are good”. Sorry… I’m still terrified and no amount of “get over it” will make me be ok. This research is totally creeping me out and I have trouble looking at spider photos.

Can anyone tell me if this is a wolf spider? I threw a quarter in the bucket so you can get an idea of it’s size. Also, it appears as though the front legs have pincher looking things on them. My husband thought it had 10 legs but I am going with 8 plus pinchers. It is black. Sorry the photos are not great. The back looks as thought is has a bit of shine… no hair. PLEASE help! Thanks, Rebecca

P.S. We have no spider bites so far but have three dogs that we want to keep safe, as well as our three kids.