Community Chat

[september]

I will kill any spider I see in or around my house. I've had some mysterious, and painful, bites in the past. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Croemer, what you went through sounds awful.

[croemer]

On 8/14/2014 september said: I will kill any spider I see in or around my house. I've had some mysterious, and painful, bites in the past. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Croemer, what you went through sounds awful.

It was september...the dr. said if I had waited a few more hours I might have lost some if not all of my leg. I feel blessed because there were 3 other people in our community that lost limbs and one who waited to long and died. I was truly lucky. I got very sick and saw the dreaded red line going up my leg with pain in my groin and figured out just what had happened.

[september]

That's terrible Croemer. I had heard that we didn't have brown recluse spiders in our area, but did learn of someone who got a bite that affected him in much the same way that you were affected. I'm so careful now....when I move boxes around in our shed or garage...you never know what's moved in since the last time these items got stored.

[colliemom4]

I saw a huge spider in a vacant lot once when I was a teen. It looked so big I thought it was fake! I'm not afraid of spiders but my mom certainly was. She had a major spider phobia.

[MOONRISER]

I don't like spiders of any kind. That little child's verse about the spider in the water spout comes into mind whenever I see one. We have brown recluse spiders here and have our home sprayed every spring.

[september]

I don't like spiders either, but have had to get used to them after almost 30 years of living in CA. There are so many of them here. I'm okay with seeing them out in the yard, but I use insecticides to control them along the perimeter of the house....keeps them from moving in.

[sylviahomeatlast]

ALL spiders have the ability to bite----small ones have mouth parts too small to pierce skin-----they are preditors that is how they live----they also have venom in order to subdue and eat their prey----I really like spiders

[Lucky Charm]

On 8/14/2014 september said: I don't like spiders either, but have had to get used to them after almost 30 years of living in CA. There are so many of them here. I'm okay with seeing them out in the yard, but I use insecticides to control them along the perimeter of the house....keeps them from moving in.

I wish there was a state that didn't have spiders. I'd move there! Couldn't care less about sales tax, give me a break with spiders!!

[croemer]

On 8/14/2014 september said: I don't like spiders either, but have had to get used to them after almost 30 years of living in CA. There are so many of them here. I'm okay with seeing them out in the yard, but I use insecticides to control them along the perimeter of the house....keeps them from moving in.

I was bit outside on my patio...was wearing a pair of thongs...never felt the bite. I did notice one tiny drop of blood...had no idea why. Wiped it off and went about my day, then noticed a big blister where I was bitten...should have been my first clue...but I thought it was a blister bug that bit me.

[MOONRISER]

Geesh Croemer, that must have been very scary and a whole lot of hurt. Glad you got help and didn't lose your leg or foot.