HELP! BIG SCARY SPIDER

amother

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 10:57 am

.....in the corner of my room near the ceiling
too high up to reach but its a white tail. If they bite they HURT and can be dangerous.......help!

anonymous because I'm afraid it being spider season and the type of spider will give away my locality Tongue Out

Clarissa

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 11:08 am

I think I've guessed where you are, but I won't give you away. How about knocking it down with a broom, and then sweeping it towards the open door?

amother

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 11:09 am

its getting closer.................its the largest white tail I've ever seen!

gigi

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 11:10 am

out of the 30,000 spiders in the world there are only about 12 that are dangerous.
in the US there are 2
1 black widow- black and shiny with a red hourglass on the abdomen.
2, brown recluse- brownish yellow, with a violin shaped marking on its body.

few people die from their bites if they receive medical treatment quickly.

england has no poisonous spiders at all.

Clarissa

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 11:14 am

White-tailed spiders can bite and cause lesions (if it's the ones I'm thinking of), so what about my broom idea? You can knock him down and he'll be stunned, and then you can shoo him out of the house. Don't worry, he's unlikely to attack and bite you.

amother

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 11:16 am

ok I was brave! its now a squished pukey spider and is somewhere in spider heaven.
I was too scared to use the broom, I thought it might fall on ME!

gigi, white tail spiders bite and are painful, the whole area can swell up and many times a person needs meds for it. Its not fatal usually but some people who are more sensitive have to be careful. I think cortisone is used for it. It causes a leprosy type reaction in the place where the bite is.

Where I live there is a high concentration of poisonous animals and insects!

Clarissa

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 11:18 am

Good for you. He was probably depressed, anyway.

(I'd love for you to PM me so I can tell you where I think you live. I won't give you away.)

amother

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 11:24 am

no can do clarissa 8) sorry.
but yeah I think I made it pretty obvious Wink

mali

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 12:42 pm

Wow! That's brave of you!

I haven't come across poisonous spiders, but we have scorpions in Israel. I don't have the guts to kill them. I call dh to come deal with it sos.

greenfire

Thu, Dec 13 2007, 2:06 pm

too late to SAVE THE SPIDER ... Crying

you could have set it free ...

I once got bit by a white spider ... ouch infected - thought maybe it laid babies in my leg it was so swollene ... I was sitting on the garage floor - not a good idea ...