Got bitten by a fairly sizeable spider overnight, as did Heidi. Photo of my shoulder shows a couple of puncture marks, 8mm apart (outer edge to outer edge). Treatment: antibiotic manuka honey, and band-aid.
Itchy, sometimes painful, and I recall dreaming I'd been stung in the shoulder.
I'm guessing culprit was a Whitetail but I didn't think their fangs were that far apart.
Chances are it was a vagrant or possibly even a sheet-web.
I've been getting a lot of them coming in as I live in an environment surrounded by bush. Apparently males wonder indoors looking for a mate but die of dehydration fairly quickly.
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Posted by: Fluffy | March 31, 2010 at 12:29 AM
8mm puncture marks?
That is a damned big spider!!
Did you find it? or is this monster still roaming around!
Posted by: Shunda barunda | March 31, 2010 at 09:09 AM
Is that the actual Spider? 8mm apart, thats about the average spread of my tarantulas. Hope you find it, when you do...snap a picture please :)
Posted by: Fred | April 01, 2010 at 08:10 AM
Haven't found the monster yet, although based on the 8mm spread I'm wondering whether a mousetrap might be more effective than fly spray.
I have seen large whitetails, but nothing recently.
I do recall once driving down a quiet suburban street and seeing something scuttle across the road 50 metres in front of me. When I reached it it was literally the size of my palm - one of the Avondale spiders of the kind that starred in Arachnophobia.
I could still see it in the rear vision mirror from a hundred metres further on. I don't think they bite, however.
Posted by: Ian Wishart | April 01, 2010 at 09:00 AM
"When I reached it it was literally the size of my palm - one of the Avondale spiders of the kind that starred in Arachnophobia."
Note to self: do NOT go to Avondale!
Posted by: Shunda barunda | April 01, 2010 at 04:15 PM
Are you sure that those aren't 2 much smaller bites?
I have seen spiders leave a "track" of bites across the skin.
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Manuka Honey works great on insect bites and stings.
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If it gets too cold they die,but they also go underground where it does not get all that cold. They lay the eggs and the eggs hatch out next year when it gets warm.
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