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Title: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on June 29, 2010, 11:36:06 AM
Killed four in my house so far this year.  Never had a problem before.  I'm thinking I should get some traps and bomb the house.  Also, time to move the cat back in.  Anyone else dealing with these bastards?
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: WildCatzPhreak on June 29, 2010, 11:46:56 AM
Those things scare the crap out of me.  I smash all spiders.  Except the big ones.  Those get relocated to my porch lights to eat all those annoying rough ridin' mosquitos, junebugs, and moths that come around at night.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: steve dave on June 29, 2010, 12:01:10 PM
I had a fly in my house the other day.  It was pissing me off flying around and whatnot. 
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on June 29, 2010, 12:05:14 PM
http://www.angelfire.com/film/darkroomduck/HTML_PAGES/brown_recluse.html
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on June 29, 2010, 12:06:21 PM
I had a fly in my house the other day.  It was pissing me off flying around and whatnot. 

easy to joke when you don't live in recluse territory sd.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: steve dave on June 29, 2010, 12:10:39 PM
I had a fly in my house the other day.  It was pissing me off flying around and whatnot.  

easy to joke when you don't live in recluse territory sd.

Do we not have them here?  True story: I have no idea what one is.  Also, I wasn't joking, that fly was pissing me off.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: 1/64th on June 29, 2010, 12:15:11 PM
I totally flipped a june bug on his back on the way out the door this morning...just to teach him and his friends a lesson on messing with the 1/64th household.   :nono:
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on June 29, 2010, 12:17:15 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhobospider.com%2Fimages%2Fbrs_map.jpg&hash=f5efb9f075afbfa58660c17a11179e12e4763274)

Looks like you might be just on the cusp of the range, depending on range expansion.

Here is one....  

(https://depts.washington.edu/nwst/publish/stories/2006-fall/2006-fall-nwexplorer-1-brownrecluse.jpg)
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Stevesie60 on June 29, 2010, 12:18:33 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhobospider.com%2Fimages%2Fbrs_map.jpg&hash=f5efb9f075afbfa58660c17a11179e12e4763274)

Looks like you might be just on the cusp of the range, depending on range expansion.

Here is one....   

(https://depts.washington.edu/nwst/publish/stories/2006-fall/2006-fall-nwexplorer-1-brownrecluse.jpg)

Was this taken at UNO or UNL? Could be critical for steve dave.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: The42Yardstick on June 29, 2010, 12:26:00 PM
SWEET. So TX has brown recluses along w/tarantulas, fire ants, rattlesnakes, coral snakes, giant centipedes and scorpions. Love this state :love:
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: MeatSauce on June 29, 2010, 12:51:26 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhobospider.com%2Fimages%2Fbrs_map.jpg&hash=f5efb9f075afbfa58660c17a11179e12e4763274)

Looks like you might be just on the cusp of the range, depending on range expansion.

Here is one....  

(https://depts.washington.edu/nwst/publish/stories/2006-fall/2006-fall-nwexplorer-1-brownrecluse.jpg)

Map looks eerily similar to possible Big12/10 expansion/realignment  :eek:
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 29, 2010, 12:52:02 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhobospider.com%2Fimages%2Fbrs_map.jpg&hash=f5efb9f075afbfa58660c17a11179e12e4763274)

Looks like you might be just on the cusp of the range, depending on range expansion.

Here is one....  

(https://depts.washington.edu/nwst/publish/stories/2006-fall/2006-fall-nwexplorer-1-brownrecluse.jpg)

 :lol: Leave it to a Nebraska entomologist to think a spider is an insect.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: I_have_purplewood on June 29, 2010, 12:59:14 PM
SWEET. So TX has brown recluses along w/tarantulas, fire ants, rattlesnakes, coral snakes, giant centipedes and scorpions. Love this state :love:

Go ahead and add the Black Widow spider to the list.  Had a couple that lived in my garage when I domiciled in Flower Mound.  Couldn't stand fire ants.  At all.  Much hate.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: The42Yardstick on June 29, 2010, 01:04:59 PM
SWEET. So TX has brown recluses along w/tarantulas, fire ants, rattlesnakes, coral snakes, giant centipedes and scorpions. Love this state :love:

Go ahead and add the Black Widow spider to the list.  Had a couple that lived in my garage when I domiciled in Flower Mound.  Couldn't stand fire ants.  At all.  Much hate.

Elite reminder, purplewood. I've seen a few as well :eye:
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 29, 2010, 01:12:09 PM
SWEET. So TX has brown recluses along w/tarantulas, fire ants, rattlesnakes, coral snakes, giant centipedes and scorpions. Love this state :love:

They also have this guy:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.gameshots.org%2FWalker-Texas-Ranger.jpg&hash=834a1d5c7a3afff0d9412dc7c19097cb99d5495b)
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: ben ji on June 29, 2010, 01:52:18 PM
http://www.angelfire.com/film/darkroomduck/HTML_PAGES/brown_recluse.html

This guys scientific method.

1. Capture brown recluse
2. Put brown recluse in mason jar
3. Introduce other spiders until one kills the brown recluse

LOVE IT
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Jeffy on June 29, 2010, 02:42:05 PM
Result of a brown spider bite:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fleisureguy.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fbrownreclusebitelrg.jpg&hash=c9c782d6f08ebdbc59e386a555fb2589a8a40ce2)
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: CNS on June 29, 2010, 02:44:03 PM
 
Result of a brown spider bite:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fleisureguy.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fbrownreclusebitelrg.jpg&hash=c9c782d6f08ebdbc59e386a555fb2589a8a40ce2)
:barf:

Looks like a brat that was left too long on one side.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: pissclams on June 29, 2010, 03:08:36 PM
only a small # of bites have that type of reaction.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: chum1 on June 29, 2010, 03:28:05 PM
Spiders are gross.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Patrick Bateman on June 29, 2010, 04:59:12 PM
Killed four in my house so far this year.  Never had a problem before.  I'm thinking I should get some traps and bomb the house.  Also, time to move the cat back in.  Anyone else dealing with these bastards?

Fighting these bastards has become my favorite spring sport.  IMHO sprays do very little to spiders unless it's directly applied, so I use nine raid fumigators (as opposed to foggers) throughout the house and bring the fight to them.  This seems to be the best method so far.  Worried about lung cancer?  Most hardware stores sell glue traps specifically made for the BR.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Lamesauce on June 29, 2010, 05:59:08 PM
Have been bitten twice by fiddlebacks (brown recluse). As long as you notice the bite early and go to the doctor and get antibiotics, you won't see that type of reaction. The spot turned a little brown and was kinda uncomfortable (bit on the wrist/forearm both times).
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Tannoudji on June 29, 2010, 06:02:30 PM
Have been bitten twice by fiddlebacks (brown recluse). As long as you notice the bite early and go to the doctor and get antibiotics, you won't see that type of reaction. The spot turned a little brown and was kinda uncomfortable (bit on the wrist/forearm both times).
I have been bit 3 times (twice in the barn and once in the attic).  All you need to do is make a paste from ashes and cover the wound for three days.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Pexikan on June 29, 2010, 06:22:55 PM
Yea, reading this thread makes me paranoid. I killed a lot at my old apartment off Seth Child. I could appreciate the white walls and cream colored carpet. Those little assholes couldn't hide from my flipflops very well.  I decorated the walls with smashed spider guts and Nike shoe prints until I moved. Now, Chicats basement laundry room is the only place I've killed some...not near as many as I thought I would. That's good. Chicat keeps the house around 60 degrees all the time. Spiders probably hate that.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: pissclams on June 29, 2010, 07:41:06 PM
Have been bitten twice by fiddlebacks (brown recluse). As long as you notice the bite early and go to the doctor and get antibiotics, you won't see that type of reaction. The spot turned a little brown and was kinda uncomfortable (bit on the wrist/forearm both times).
this is all wrong.  antibiotics only are used for secondary infections that may develop related to the necrosis that occurs from the spider venom.  the venom isn't effected by antibiotics.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Pete on June 29, 2010, 07:56:39 PM
I live in harmony with spiders.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: ChiComCat on June 29, 2010, 08:08:13 PM
Yea, reading this thread makes me paranoid. I killed a lot at my old apartment off Seth Child. I could appreciate the white walls and cream colored carpet. Those little assholes couldn't hide from my flipflops very well.  I decorated the walls with smashed spider guts and Nike shoe prints until I moved. Now, Chicats basement laundry room is the only place I've killed some...not near as many as I thought I would. That's good. Chicat keeps the house around 60 degrees all the time. Spiders probably hate that.

Those aren't Brown Recluse spiders you've killed, just normal ones.  I keep all the brown recluse spiders in the smaller closet off the stairs.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: kitten_mittons on June 29, 2010, 08:47:43 PM
Have been bitten twice by fiddlebacks (brown recluse). As long as you notice the bite early and go to the doctor and get antibiotics, you won't see that type of reaction. The spot turned a little brown and was kinda uncomfortable (bit on the wrist/forearm both times).
I have been bit 3 times (twice in the barn and once in the attic).  All you need to do is make a paste from ashes and cover the wound for three days.

Now I'm not saying that what you are saying doesn't work.  But I DO wonder if you ever have anything normal to say, ever.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: ChiComCat on June 29, 2010, 09:24:42 PM
Have been bitten twice by fiddlebacks (brown recluse). As long as you notice the bite early and go to the doctor and get antibiotics, you won't see that type of reaction. The spot turned a little brown and was kinda uncomfortable (bit on the wrist/forearm both times).
I have been bit 3 times (twice in the barn and once in the attic).  All you need to do is make a paste from ashes and cover the wound for three days.

Now I'm not saying that what you are saying doesn't work.  But I DO wonder if you ever have anything normal to say, ever.

I think I saw Tannoudji when I was leaving beer goggles (or whatever the one on Kimball/tuttle creek is).  He was standing outside on his ancient cell phone by his pickup and was staring at me funny, now I assume its because I had one of _FAN's shirts on.  Wouldn't of guessed until I saw a weird paranoid thread on here.  He pretty much looks exactly like you would think.  Def one of those older dudes that goes to 2A basketball games to root for some team he has no affiliation with and questions all the coaching decisions.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: PandaXpanda on June 29, 2010, 10:25:24 PM
Killed four in my house so far this year.  Never had a problem before.  I'm thinking I should get some traps and bomb the house.  Also, time to move the cat back in.  Anyone else dealing with these bastards?

Fighting these bastards has become my favorite spring sport.  IMHO sprays do very little to spiders unless it's directly applied, so I use nine raid fumigators (as opposed to foggers) throughout the house and bring the fight to them.  This seems to be the best method so far.  Worried about lung cancer?  Most hardware stores sell glue traps specifically made for the BR.


(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1003.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf158%2FPandaXpandaEmaw%2Farachnophobia.jpg&hash=a5b703ce7049b07ddb558a0c16c6c1495ccf4ba5)
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on June 30, 2010, 02:09:25 AM
Killed four in my house so far this year.  Never had a problem before.  I'm thinking I should get some traps and bomb the house.  Also, time to move the cat back in.  Anyone else dealing with these bastards?

Fighting these bastards has become my favorite spring sport.  IMHO sprays do very little to spiders unless it's directly applied, so I use nine raid fumigators (as opposed to foggers) throughout the house and bring the fight to them.  This seems to be the best method so far.  Worried about lung cancer?  Most hardware stores sell glue traps specifically made for the BR.


(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1003.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf158%2FPandaXpandaEmaw%2Farachnophobia.jpg&hash=a5b703ce7049b07ddb558a0c16c6c1495ccf4ba5)

Ha! Watched this movie for the first time tonight.  Figured it was the perfect time.  Too bad I have already seen twister.  Would love to be able to crack that one open after my house is demolished by a tornado.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: The Whale on June 30, 2010, 09:02:18 AM
Killed four in my house so far this year.  Never had a problem before.  I'm thinking I should get some traps and bomb the house.  Also, time to move the cat back in.  Anyone else dealing with these bastards?

Fighting these bastards has become my favorite spring sport.  IMHO sprays do very little to spiders unless it's directly applied, so I use nine raid fumigators (as opposed to foggers) throughout the house and bring the fight to them.  This seems to be the best method so far.  Worried about lung cancer?  Most hardware stores sell glue traps specifically made for the BR.

Bad thing about the glue traps is when you go to replace them and see all the spiders and bugs that were running around your house without you knowing.  At that point, you can't even pretend like there weren't any around.  You go from blissful ignorance to knowing that you're going to wake up with a hand that looks like the one earlier in the thread.  It's only a matter of time.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: sys on June 30, 2010, 09:02:46 AM
I live in harmony with spiders.

good job, pete.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: PandaXpanda on June 30, 2010, 09:21:09 AM
Whenever possible I catch spiders on fire and listen to their bodies crackle and pop.  Smells like burnt hot dogs. 
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Patrick Bateman on June 30, 2010, 09:55:32 AM
Reading the Texas A&M article linked in the link was deflating.  May need to step it up.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi973.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae216%2FMrPatBateman%2FElFumigator.jpg&hash=96ca6074265dce86302dd792ee3dfef0255c8d1f)
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Jeffy on June 30, 2010, 10:14:45 AM
Whenever possible I catch spiders on fire and listen to their bodies crackle and pop.  Smells like burnt hot dogs. 

Magnifying glass in bright sunlight?
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: dmartin on June 30, 2010, 10:22:28 AM
just wait until your napping on the floor and you see a wolf spider the size of your fist crawl by. The local KSU extension office said it was the biggest wolf spider they had ever seen.  the thing survived in a ziplock bag for 2 weeks before it finally died.

small spiders are nothing now.

also spray adhesive and lighters are great fun for spiders. spray them and watch them slowly come to a halt, then light them up
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: CNS on June 30, 2010, 10:48:06 AM
Had a lot of grasshoppers my first few years at my current house.

After year two, started seeing one of these about the size of a softball in my flowers.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpensieve.typepad.com%2Fpensieve%2Fimages%2F2008%2F09%2F18%2Fwriting_spider_in_web.jpg&hash=3c7ccdfd06e122454ecd8aa6b3368efde917cbbc)

No more grasshopper problem.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: PandaXpanda on June 30, 2010, 11:14:49 AM
Whenever possible I catch spiders on fire and listen to their bodies crackle and pop.  Smells like burnt hot dogs. 

Magnifying glass in bright sunlight?

Tweezers and bic.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on June 30, 2010, 11:58:20 AM
Had a lot of grasshoppers my first few years at my current house.

After year two, started seeing one of these about the size of a softball in my flowers.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpensieve.typepad.com%2Fpensieve%2Fimages%2F2008%2F09%2F18%2Fwriting_spider_in_web.jpg&hash=3c7ccdfd06e122454ecd8aa6b3368efde917cbbc)

No more grasshopper problem.

Spiders like this and Wolf Spiders dont bother me.  It is the ones that make your skin rot off that have my attention. 
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: 1/64th on June 30, 2010, 01:53:03 PM
Had a lot of grasshoppers my first few years at my current house.

After year two, started seeing one of these about the size of a softball in my flowers.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpensieve.typepad.com%2Fpensieve%2Fimages%2F2008%2F09%2F18%2Fwriting_spider_in_web.jpg&hash=3c7ccdfd06e122454ecd8aa6b3368efde917cbbc)

No more grasshopper problem.

Spiders like this and Wolf Spiders dont bother me.  It is the ones that make your skin rot off that have my attention. 

My parent's have these on their front porch.  I used to shoot them with beebee guns when I was little.  Anyhoo, I read this thread yesterday before I went home.  Then as I'm watching Wheel of Fortune (  :gocho: ) a BR (I think) comes running out from under the couch out into the middle of the floor.  My wife obliterates it with a nearby flip flop before I have time to properly identify the species.  In my post-mortem examination, which was limited due to the 7-10 flip flop beatings this spider took, I'm 75% sure this was a BR.  I'm picking up some glue traps on my way home.  Also I had a dream that a BR was on my leg while I was sleeping.   :ohno:
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Perry on July 01, 2010, 01:49:56 AM
Friend of mine has pretty bad arachnophobia because he woke up gagging on a huge ass wolf spider running out  of his mouth. That and the whole huge spots of skin rotting off bother me about spiders, but unless i think a spider that I see is a BR then I just let it go*.

*Harmless-looking spiders that are located somewhere inconvenient will still fall victim to my wrath.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: dmartin on July 01, 2010, 08:26:20 AM
I kill anything that comes into my house uninvited, whether that be spider, fly, or hooker. If they're outside, they're free to live, unless they annoy me, ala mosquitoes.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on August 20, 2024, 03:49:16 PM
One of these dudes finally got me. Last two days were rough. Only put the pieces together this afternoon that it was likely a recluse bite.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: Pete on August 20, 2024, 09:37:03 PM
Could be meth. Apparently meth users sometimes blame their sores on brown recluse bites.
Title: Re: Brown Recluse Spiders. I fracking hate these things.
Post by: nicname on August 20, 2024, 10:10:31 PM
Could be meth. Apparently meth users sometimes blame their sores on brown recluse bites.

It hurts my heart that you’d even consider such a possibility.