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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 19, 2008, at 7:39 AM, paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:

> >
>
> Do you have brown recluses down there? My ex had a horrible spider
> bite that took ages to heal, we actually had to debride it regularly.
>
> I hope you're doing ok.

Are you talking to me, Moonbeam?

Here in mid-Ozarks we have brown recluse spiders too numerous to  
tally. Mostly they and I get along fine. The Taj Mahen egg fetch is  
done through an outside hinged opening. One must look for the bitty  
fellers before one puts one's hands in there. I suspect they feed on  
mites. When their numbers begin to unnerve me I kill them.

It is not impossible that this spider that bit me is a brown recluse.  
Research disclosed that they sometimes do live outside, in protected  
spots, and do build irregular webs, all of which fits this guy and his  
place and even size. The problem with ID is I squished one side of him  
when pushing a jar up to catch him and of course the legs retract upon  
death, at least this one did.

I will have someone monitor what the wound site looks like from time  
to time.

So far, no secondary conditions.