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Originally Posted by dpastern
Spiders are much maligned. I've been bitten by a black house spider, huntsman, wolf spider, white tailed spider and lived to tell the tail. The black house spider was the worst, felt quite crook after that, the rest weren't too bad, although I got a nice headache from the huntsman and white tailed spider. No necrosis, no limbs falling off either - they are wives tales (in reference to wolf spider & white tailed spider). Most spiders will happily move on, rather than bite a human just to spite us.
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You were lucky, then. My dad got bitten by a white tailed spider on the leg and it ulcerated nastily and took several months and several rounds of antibiotics to clear up - but he still has the leg.
My brother was stupid enough to try and pick up a huntsman once and got bitten for his troubles, but no problems, just a sore hand for a few days.
Hey, I just realised no one has mentioned scorpions yet. They sometimes wander around at night too. We get them inside when its either very hot or very cold, otherwise they tend to stay out of sight. Will give you a nasty sting but non-lethal.