The Q&A was interesting: http://www.brown-recluse.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/3/1/Spider_Identification_Forum.html
And now I feel small skin agitations, like there are tiny spiders crawling on me. Yay. Tyler On Oct 11, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Alison Jones wrote: > Yes, Carl, black widows are widespread this year, lots downtown. For all you > folks who frequent The Complex know that there are several webs around the > steps on both sides of the building. The last time I was there I noticed one > had made its web INSIDE the front door. Roy if you are reading this please go > step on it! > > I am concerned about the brown recluse, especially when the kids are playing > hide and seek. Good to know you've only seen three. > > Alison > > On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Carl Tollander wrote: > >> One should mention that in 13 years living here I've only seen 3 recluses, >> and those not in the same year. >> >> Black Widows, however, are a commodity item. Fortunately they're more >> brazen and thus much easier to avoid. >> >> On 10/11/10 12:16 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: >>> >>> Pamela, >>> >>> >>> I stand corrected and warned. >>> >>> >>> Given that the Hospital here is such a mixed bag, I wonder if the >>> collective wisdom of this list might produce a “spider bite center” in the >>> country which one could call into if needed. I am terrified for the >>> children. What did the healer do? Does your techie still have his hand? >>> I found the loving descriptions of progressive necrosis on the web >>> particularly alarming. >>> >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> >>> From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On >>> Behalf Of Pamela McCorduck >>> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:02 AM >>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Name this spider >>> >>> >>> One of my computer techies was bitten by a brown recluse in El Dorado. All >>> the rest is true--no help from the hospital, a wound that grew and grew. >>> Finally he found a local folk healer who helped. He was very skeptical but >>> by then desperate. I've been banging my open hand first against anything I >>> needed to probe into, from the wires behind my computer (which is where his >>> was lurking) to the woodpile, to... They are shy and would rather run away, >>> but if startled, will bite. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 11, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Carl, it never occurred to me to confide in my spiders. I will reconsider >>> that policy on your recommendation. >>> >>> >>> According to my books, the brown recluse doesn’t make it beyond the 100th >>> meridian (blood or otherwise). She has a local cousin, “desert recluse” or >>> some such whose bite is not a problem. >>> >>> >>> What I learned from the brief reading on the I-net and elsewhere is that >>> there are no medical miracles to deal with these bites. I had always >>> assumed I would rush down to St. Vincents, and if I got there soon enough, >>> they would give me a shot, and that would be the end of it. Apparently not >>> so. Particularly if children are bitten. >>> >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> >>> From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On >>> Behalf Of Carl Tollander >>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:23 PM >>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Name this spider >>> >>> >>> Black Widows - Shiny long legs, hourglass on back - worry some, as they can >>> get agressive and the bites are persistently painful. Ubiquitous and the >>> big one's can be resilient against 2x4's. They make more. Lots more. >>> Brown Recluse - All brown, hides in slight creases on a newspaper - worry >>> more due to cellular toxins. >>> Wolf - Short legs, big body - not so much worry, just don't mess with it. >>> They do bite, but they keep to themselves unless molested. I call the one >>> over my front door "Kong". From the description, probably what you have. >>> Everything else, leave 'em be, they're beneficial, bites not fun but not >>> dangerous, probably. Good listeners. >>> >>> On 10/8/10 7:59 PM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote: >>> >>> Hoping there's someone on this list that knows something about spiders in >>> New Mexico... There were two of these hanging out just on the outside of my >>> house in Santa Fe. One had made a large somewhat circular web about 2 ft >>> across. At night it would sit in the middle, during the day it would hide >>> in a corner. You can get an idea of the size from the tines of the dining >>> fork. I think they are big. I've not yet been successful in finding >>> anything online that seems to come any where close. Any ideas on what type >>> it is, should I be worried? >>> >>> Let me know if you'd like a higher res. image. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Robert C >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >>> >>> "How quickly weeks glide away in such a city as New York, especially when >>> you reckon among your friends some of the most agreeable people in either >>> hemisphere." >>> Fanny Trollope, "Domestic Manners of the Americans" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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