Miemo said:
Recluse Spider a.k.a Loxosceles spiders, like their cousins in Sicarius, have potent tissue-destroying venoms containing the dermonecrotic agent, sphingomyelinase D, which is otherwise found only in a few pathogenic bacteria. This venom is highly necrotic in effect, capable of causing lesions (open sores) as large as a bottle cap. The wounds take a long time to heal and may require skin grafts. If these open wounds become infected there are often serious consequences. Rarely, the venom is carried by the blood stream to internal organs causing systemic effects.
- So I guess not lethal but very unplessant non the less. :I
Should post some pics of the worse cases of the bites. Some nasty stuff imo. Seen so many that were showing bone. Doctors just let it runs it's course over a couple weeks.
Now my funny story that isn't really spider related, but hilarious to me. Was deployed to Afghanistan and a few people were in our dayroom tent. One guy was on skype with his wife when a Camel Spider fell from the ceiling and landing on his laptop. He screamed like he was a little girl and his laptop went flying across the room. Best part of it was that his wife seen it and it scared the crap out of her too. Now I'm not laughing at his misfortune because I had my fair share of encounters with them.
