Spiders are Trying to Kill Me.

[Eclecticos]

The other night I felt something on my foot didn't really think much of it,
Just kinda rubbed it off with my other foot. So it slipped my mind.
Yesterday I noticed there were nasty scabs on one of my feet and they were like sunk down. I though it was a little odd, because I haven't been outside recently, and don't really remember scraping my foot on anything.
Then I kinda remembered something biting my foot.

So I got some peroxide and alcohol to doctor them up a bit.
Now! Its time to go to WAR with the Spiders! I just felt something crawling up my leg, and I though maybe I should be still. . and maybe it will just . . you know crawl away. It continued up my leg first though in my mind was "Its getting wayyy to close to my boys" lol.

So I jumped up trying to fling it off. And I looked down at my leg/calf and the
freaking thing made like 4 holes and a circle on my leg. I didn't see it but I sure felt it and i heard it hit a piece of paper or something when I jumped up outta bed.

Here is the Picture of my foot.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9438/p2160417gu2it1.jpg

Before you tell me to call in a medical Chopper :D
. .my feet are ugly, had 3rd degree burns on both.

So i decided to look it up on the internet.
The Brown Recluse Spider Bite (http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/Images/Insects/recbite.jpg)looks similar Huh?

[simon275]

That is bad we have spiders like it down under.

2 words

Bug Bomb

[$loth]

LOL, or as my friend down under says deoderant + lighter.

[Eclecticos]

Its already worse looks like a X now. Wonderful

I had a war with the roaches already last year about this time.
It was Crazy! . .I sprayed one. . and a army of them crawled out of the woodworks

First it was one at a time bigger roaches and ones with stripes and gold wings "Literally" :D
Then the little ones were running suicide missions toward my feet. .
While the crafty winged ones were setting up for an attack from above on the roof and dive bombing.
It was an entire roachy battalion . .at one point I retreated from the kitchen there were so many.

[Zephik]

Uh, shouldn't you see a doctor about that? Brown Recluse spiders are really nasty! They can do some serious damage to your body.

*Warning! Image might be disturbing to some viewers*

Brown Recluse Victim (http://z.about.com/d/urbanlegends/1/0/2/B/day_9_sm.jpg)

That photo might or might not be real, but its similar enough to be at least slightly plausible. Which should be enough for you to be thinking, "uh, maybe I should see a doctor about this, just in case." Especially if its getting worse.

Well, hopefully it wasn't a Brown Recluse. But better safe that sorry! ^_^


BTW, your story about those roaches? HILARIOUS. lol I had a great mental image of that. :p

[Eclecticos]

Yea. Thats what I was thinking.
I may just be rubbing it raw in my sleep.
If it gets any worse I will defiantly go.

Yea, It was a night I will never forget.
After it was said and done I found the nest "Recycling coke cans"
I made a thousand jokes about it afterward.

There was the Land Lord roach, Roach motels. .with kids
The bookie roach taking bets. .lol . .for real they were meeting up with this one roach it looked old :) ,
I also named him the general. It was a four hour ordeal. .

. .After I obliterated the opposing force single handedly with a can of raid . .
I said "retreat" in a sqeekylittle voice :D

I haven't see one since.

[nil8]

Yes, brown recluse bites can be necrotic and cause very disturbing and painful damage.
Most don't. If it doesn't get bigger, change colors or start oozing, treat it like any other bug bite. Don't scratch it.

Brown recluses like living in spaces that are around 70-80 degrees, shady and not disturbed. Re-arrange everything. Do a massive clean on your house, call an exterminator(bug bombs DO NOT WORK), and if it really is a problem, wear light clothing to bed. Brown recluses can't bite through cloth, they have extremely small fangs. Hell, they can't bite through all the layers of skin either, only into 3 or 4.

I hope that helps. I've learned a lot about the little buggers through dealing with wood piles every year. They LOVE wood piles.

[jdbnsn]

Nil8 is right about bombs not being effective for spiders, powders are better, but even those don't work well. Your injury is certainly ulcerative, but not necrotic (yet). I have seen several cases of Brown Recluse bites and they are very serious, they tend to look more like the picture Snowfire posted than yours. In most cases, the initail bite area expands and can cover large portions of the body with necrosis and can be fatal. I don't know if you were bitten by a BR, but you should definately take precautions anyway like Nil8 said. Under floorboards, in boxes that are not opened often, they especially like to nest inside clothes that are hanging in the corner of a closet (like in the sleeves). If you see the affected area expand, see any color changes of the skin to dark brown or black, or lose any feeling around the bites, you need to go to the emergency room.

[Drew]

Only one way to kill a big bloody bitey spider.

Blow its fooking head off.

You need a shotgun you do.

Well, thats what I'd find if that sort of thing came into my house.

In fact, don't.

Move to somewhere where there aint none. Like the artic. And no, I dont like spideys. Even little ones. Kill them all.

Like war of the worlds in reverse.

Christ, I soundlike a dalek... EXTERMINATE!

[Computer-Geek]

You should get that checked out. I hate bugs with a passion lol. I suggest you try this (http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_cdrf.asp) or this (http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_fum.asp)

[xRyokenx]

Dude, Eclecticos, those roaches sent their elites after you first? Wow, they must've been a little serious about conquering your house, lol. I didn't think that roaches had offensive crapabilities though... curious.

I'd go see a doctor about those bites, even if it's not bad, it's better to be safe than sorry.

[Eclecticos]

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Dude, Eclecticos, those roaches sent their elites after you first?

.Lol . .The General was passing out the weapons I think :) Even chewed up a crayon and sketched out a war plan.
"Were gonna attack from all sides", and "Flank him from the north at sunrise".

[xRyokenx]

Well, similar to my planning:

1. Build up base.
2. Build up variety of units.
3. Weaken defenses with superweapon and/or bombers.
4. Send tanks in a rush as cannon fodder with heavier units.
5. Sneak stealthed troops in the side during the chaos and kill key structures.
6. Send in air support.
7. Mop up base and remaining enemy units with remaining assault forces and/or units built during invasion.
8. It's Miller Time. Just kidding, I despise alcohol, it tastes like crap in my opinion. Let's not get started on any rants there, lol.

[Eclecticos]

Lol. I have about everything thing I needed to know figured out.

Thanks to everyone who responded.
Hopefully my foot doesn't rot off. :D

a round of +Reps for all of you.