I think you are right about the redback. It was much worse than a brown recluse.

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I think you are right about the redback. It was much worse than a brown recluse.

ebnelson — 10/19/2004 3:30:22 PM (archived)

We had a small nest of those in our home once, and my poor son took two bites over about a month. He nearly ended up in ICU from the first bite. We pretty much sterilized his room after the second.
Ed

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What bugged me last night - Daniel - 10/16/2004 10:02:03 PM
- There is a guy in Houston - ebnelson - 10/18/2004 7:30:40 PM
  - Hey Ed, shall I bring you one next time I visit? :-) (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 10/19/2004 3:20:26 AM
    - Can we settle for a pic or two? :^) (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/19/2004 3:26:42 PM
      - Damn wimpy Texans... - Nick Hoffman - 10/19/2004 4:59:23 PM
        
        I saw the wound in the guy's leg - ebnelson - 10/19/2004 6:23:58 PM
  - couldn't have been a huntsman - Daniel - 10/18/2004 9:39:52 PM
    - I think you are right about the redback. It was much worse than a brown recluse. - ebnelson - 10/19/2004 3:30:22 PM
      - Ed... - Nick Hoffman - 10/19/2004 4:57:49 PM
        
        re: Ed... - ebnelson - 10/19/2004 6:25:21 PM
    - Necrosis is also a symptom of Brown Recluse bites. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2004 12:35:55 AM
- Huntsman - Nick Hoffman - 10/17/2004 3:32:45 AM
  - What is really good about a vacuum cleaner solution - ebnelson - 10/18/2004 7:25:11 PM
  - vacuum cleaner - daniel - 10/17/2004 4:24:53 AM
  - Why not just squash them? - Lee - 10/17/2004 4:08:08 AM
    - Yukky Goo! - Nick Hoffman - 10/18/2004 7:52:27 AM
      - Fine don't listen to me then. - Lee - 10/19/2004 4:19:04 AM
        
        The tangled web - Nick Hoffman - 10/19/2004 3:31:51 PM
    - What would you use for something huge and fast? - Mary Anne - 10/17/2004 5:10:46 PM
      - Mary Anne should know! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2004 10:19:29 PM
      - re: What would you use for something huge and fast? - Lee - 10/17/2004 9:17:36 PM
    - several reasons - Daniel - 10/17/2004 4:30:02 AM
      - Sure they may not bite you on purpose. - Lee - 10/17/2004 9:15:39 PM
        
        re: Sure they may not bite you on purpose. - ebnelson - 10/19/2004 11:37:37 PM
        
        true - Daniel - 10/18/2004 12:07:32 PM
- I have a little palm-sized card listing all the animals in Australia that AREN'T deadly. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2004 12:25:45 AM
  - And nobody has evem mentioned the drop-bears yet. ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 10/19/2004 8:09:59 PM
  - God sent them there to pester the felons and their offspring... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2004 4:55:17 AM
    - not quite .. - Daniel - 10/17/2004 5:26:45 AM
      - Hey... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2004 10:41:53 PM
        
        re: Hey... - daniel - 10/18/2004 12:03:09 PM
  - you probably know this one then - Daniel - 10/17/2004 4:37:37 AM
  - 72 point font? (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 10/17/2004 3:45:21 AM

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