necrosis and white tailed spiders has been show to be caused by that particular individual being allergic to the venom. The average person isn't allergic, and thus has very little issues with the bite. The necrosis, for the most part, is a wives tale. Plenty of scientific research will back me on this.
As to your brother, good on him for not being scared. Huntsman are quite docile spiders, very non aggressive.
My white tailed spider bite resulted in a quite bad headache, so I took a few nurofen and went to bed. The next day I was OK, slight itchiness where it bit me. The day after my arm ached (much like a tet shot). That disappeared within 12 hours and all was good.
Dave
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Originally Posted by Blue Skies
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. |