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  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:19 AM
    HarajukuGirl
    What is this bug?
    So a month ago or soI was sleeping and at the corner of my eye, I saw something crawling.

    This little guy popped up

    http://i35.tinypic.com/2ppfs05.jpg

    I killed the darn thing. I didn't know what it was,

    So last night... Same thing happen... SAME ONE COMES
    http://i38.tinypic.com/rjl9bp.jpg

    IN MY ROOM TO THE Same SPOT!

    I killed it of course...


    What is that thing!! I was petrified to sleep.

    Please help! I am so curious to know.
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:26 AM
    N0help4u
    It looks like a grass spider
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:31 AM
    J_9
    Or possibly a brown recluse.
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:33 AM
    N0help4u
    Yeah it is more likely a brown recluse
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:34 AM
    HarajukuGirl
    Are they dangerous?
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:35 AM
    N0help4u
    Brown recluse, I THINK, is about like a bug bite where you get a welt and maybe some pus and then it goes away.
    It is basically a common house spider
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:37 AM
    HarajukuGirl
    Oh...
    Thanks guys ^^

    Man.. thats so strange how the same bug came in the middle of the night (or morning depending fi you cosnider AM to still be night)

    To the same spot. I didn't even notice the whole day until it crawled up to the wall.
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:41 AM
    J_9
    They can be VERY dangerous!! We treat these bites in our hospital daily.

    I just redecorated my living room and found a mother with thousands of eggs behind my sofa.

    EDIT** Check out this website to see how dangerous they can be.

    Brown Recluse Spider Bites

    However, they are not very common in New York.
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:53 AM
    HarajukuGirl
    Oh my gosh!
    That's terrifying...
    Luckily you found them.

    I hope they are not that common... Are thye really common in your area?

    Ill check it out
    Thank you!
  • Jul 20, 2008, 09:56 AM
    J_9
    They are VERY common in our area. I find them hiding under laundry, in shoes, etc. They are also nocturnal, that's why they are out and about at night. But the incidence is lower in your state.

    I have been bitten by one almost 20 years ago, and sometimes still suffer ill effects.
  • Jul 20, 2008, 10:00 AM
    HarajukuGirl
    Wow... That's scary...
    That website you gave me... PRETTY graphic. I can't believe that happened to his leg from that spider!

    Im going to be cleaning my room today so if I see anything, ill keep an eye out
  • Jul 20, 2008, 10:07 AM
    N0help4u
    Oh I thought that was what I always see in houses
    I hope not then

    My caffeine withdrawl is catching up to me too. :(

    Come to think of it my son has a spider phobia and they are the ones he is most scared of
  • Jul 20, 2008, 10:31 AM
    HarajukuGirl
    My friend just went through a caffine withdrawl... wasnt a pretty thing.


    Im just afraid of all isnects in generals
  • Jul 20, 2008, 11:33 AM
    froggy7
    Well.. let's not get too carried away here. Recluses aren't common in the northern states (it gets too cold for them), and they are, as the name suggests, shy spiders. And there are many furry brown spiders out there. How big was it? Recluses are pretty small. I'm inclined to think it's a wolf spider, myself.

    Image:Lycosa sp..JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Jul 20, 2008, 12:23 PM
    HarajukuGirl
    Oh... No deffinatly wasn't that thing O.O
    That's just scary

    I would say less then an inch and a half big... probably an inch big
  • Jul 20, 2008, 12:39 PM
    N0help4u
    I found a site that might help
    Spider Identification Chart - Venomous or Dangerous?
  • Jul 20, 2008, 01:35 PM
    HarajukuGirl
    That was a lot of help.
    Thanks for that.

    Pfft.
    And to think I was going to go to bed early that night.
  • Jul 20, 2008, 03:06 PM
    froggy7
    Hey... here's an interesting factoid that I head: The average person will swallow 5 spiders in their sleep during their lifetime. I have no idea how they arrived at that number, but it does make you think!
  • Jul 29, 2008, 09:53 PM
    Thomaslover_C
    I have seen those before. I know they bite for sure, but i don't know if It's dangerous or what not.

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