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poohbear_nc · 07-20-2017, 08:43 AM

Thanks for all your concerns -- I have been bitten by spiders SO many times I tolerate the venom fairly well now (sad, I know) -- even brown recluse bites (they take weeks to finally heal over)

Something about me attracts spiders (pheromones? bad karma?) -- I often tell folks that if I am in a room with 50 people and 1 spider, I'm the one that will be bitten.

Last night's bites are subsiding.
The brown recluse bite on my elbow from last month has finally scabbed over.

An unkind co-worker suggested renting me to exterminator companies -- as bait!

This time of year we have LOTS of marbled orb weavers (Google Image these - I'm too squeamish to post pics) around the house, deck, and trees. Females can be huge - and the webs can span several feet.

07-20-2017, 08:43 AM	#30391
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,877 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Thanks for all your concerns -- I have been bitten by spiders SO many times I tolerate the venom fairly well now (sad, I know) -- even brown recluse bites (they take weeks to finally heal over) Something about me attracts spiders (pheromones? bad karma?) -- I often tell folks that if I am in a room with 50 people and 1 spider, I'm the one that will be bitten. Last night's bites are subsiding. The brown recluse bite on my elbow from last month has finally scabbed over. An unkind co-worker suggested renting me to exterminator companies -- as bait! This time of year we have LOTS of marbled orb weavers (Google Image these - I'm too squeamish to post pics) around the house, deck, and trees. Females can be huge - and the webs can span several feet. Last edited by poohbear_nc; 07-20-2017 at 08:50 AM.