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spider bites

Started by Guest_don212_* , Jan 10 2013 09:58 PM

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#1 Guest_don212_*

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Posted 10 January 2013 - 09:58 PM

collecting here in fl i usually pull up an assortment of spiders and other bugs, this week i got stung a couple of times, felt like a bee, but apparently no swelling, etc. anyone know if there are water bugs or spiders that can do worse than this

#2 Guest_Usil_*

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Posted 10 January 2013 - 10:49 PM

If this is a spider bite make sure to keep a watch on the bite area for a few days. If it starts looking a little blue underneath the skin kind of like a bruise that means the toxins are metabolizing the skin and fat. Some time after that, depending on how toxic the venom is to your body the skin at the top of the bite area will start turning blue as well and then black. At this point the necrosis of the skin is complete. How large this area gets (the area will be a hole through the skin down to the muscle fascia level) again depends on the reaction of the venom on you. Keep the wound clean and covered. The skin will regrow from the outside in and fill the holes in a few months. No serious damage should remain and eventually the scar will disappear. This can happen for a supposedly non-toxic spider if you happen to be unlucky enough to be allergic to the venom. Often these bites occur at night while you sleep in your bedding (the spider gets caught between the cover and your skin) and reacts aggressively. These bites are not lethal but as you can see they do leave their marks.

Usil

Edited by Usil, 10 January 2013 - 11:00 PM.

#3 Guest_Doug_Dame_*

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Posted 10 January 2013 - 11:16 PM

Giant water bugs are especially common in Florida, and have piercing mouthparts that will get your attention. They usually get me when I put my hand underneath the net to see what wonderful fish I caught in the weeds, lift the contents up, and WHAMMO OUCH!!! right through the net. The males have the curious habit of travelling around with their backs covered with eggs. Other than the momentary shot of pain, the bites have never caused me any problems.

#4 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 12:49 AM

I have suffered a spider bite on my ankle, that was not unlike a mild brown recluse bite. Necrosis, then a cone shaped chunk of skin sloughed off. Took months to heal fully. It sucked, due to the time it took to recover, but the pain was very mild. The same summer I was also stung by a Puss Moth caterpillar, and that is no picnic. I was sure that I was on deaths door, but within an half hour, the cramping, and pain subsided. Really watch out for those if you are south. I would rather eat glass than ever feel that again.

Uland told me of an episode with a tadpole madtom, that hit him in the hand, and caused pain all the way through his shoulder, and if I recall correctly, heart palpitations.

#5 Guest_Subrosa_*

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 12:45 PM

I don't know if you have Wheel Bugs down there, but a bite from one of them will make you fondly remember everytime you ever got stung by a wasp or bee, or hit your thumb with a hammer. I also received an unknown spider bite walking through a web on a woodland path. The bite was instantly painful, swelled up into a little red lump right before my eyes, and sloughed off over the course of a couple weeks. The pain did however subside overnight.

#6 Guest_gerald_*

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 07:26 PM

Backswimmers (Notonecta) are the things that most commonly sting me when sorting through a netfull of plants and leaves. They are more common and smaller than giant water bugs, so it's easier to miss seeing them and get stung. Water-dwelling spiders are fast runners, so you're not as likely to accidentally grab one and get bit.

#7 Guest_davidjh2_*

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 11:23 PM

Me and Tadpole Madtoms have a bad history. I was night fishing one time and while trying to unhook one he stuck a spine right into the flesh around first joint of my pointer finger. That did sting quite a bit. About an hour later another one stuck me on the same joint on the outside this time. He was hanging from my finger. Yeah that really stung. I've been lucky to not get bit by any waterbugs some of those guys look as though they would hurt. I never want to get bit by a hellgramite either. Their jaws are crazy strong and when they lock them they are hard to open.

#8 Guest_Usil_*

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 01:11 PM

The backswimmer beatles and giant water other water bugs I have handled have not bitten me but when handled they dig their sharp leg parts into the hands and it can feel like a bite.

Usil

#9 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 26 March 2013 - 03:05 PM

Yeah, spider bites. I've had a couple, and one was really nasty. Never saw what kind of spider it was, but the Brown Recluse leaves a characteristic "bullsye" which was not present, but I was seriously concerned before it finally started healing.

I don't handle water bugs. They have names like "Assassin Beetle", "Water Tiger", etc.! No thanks, I'll just listen to your firsthand accounts of how they earned their names.

#10 Guest_FirstChAoS_*

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Posted 27 March 2013 - 12:14 PM

I am lucky to so far not have been bitten by any water related bug beyond the usual (mosquitos, deerflies, horseflies, blackflies, etc.) But almost put my hand on a giant water bug in a net a couple times and have scooped backswimmers out of my pool barehanded a few times before i knew they could bite and count myself lucky to not be bitten.