I live in an area of Texas where the brown recluse is one of the two most venomous spiders of concern (the other being the black widow). It is known for its painful bite that can result in serious tissue damage.
It seems to me that you, or your doctor, would have been able to determine whether or not you were bitten by a brown recluse, sooner than later. People react to spider bites differently; but, perhaps these resources could help others learn and understand more about this elusive little creature:
Identifying and Misidentifying the Brown Recluse Spider, Rick Vetter, Dermatology Online Journal 5 (2): 7, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside
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I live in an area of Texas where the brown recluse is one of the two most venomous spiders of concern (the other being the black widow). It is known for its painful bite that can result in serious tissue damage.
It seems to me that you, or your doctor, would have been able to determine whether or not you were bitten by a brown recluse, sooner than later. People react to spider bites differently; but, perhaps these resources could help others learn and understand more about this elusive little creature:
Identifying and Misidentifying the Brown Recluse Spider, Rick Vetter, Dermatology Online Journal 5 (2): 7, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside
UCR research and extension on Spiders and other Arachnids
Brown Recluse Spider Bite, eMedicine.com (WebMD)
June 13, 2008 - 7:20pmThis Comment
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