Spiders in your bedsheets *shivers*

[Nikijad4210]

I'm not the biggest fan of spiders, but if they leave me alone I leave them alone, hence why the Daddy Longlegs in the A/C vent's still there---Homer never bothers anyone, and rarely makes an appearance. When he does appear, it's not for long.

HOWEVER

It's the fuckers that you can never seem to find in the house that decide to crawl in your bedsheets that I hate.

Such as the bastard that bit me and Mr. Nikijad while we were asleep last night.

I have a nice little lump above my knee today, feels like a hot tingling feeling whenever I bump it. About the size of a pinhead (or slightly smaller) I know it's not an ingrow hair, it's a spider bite. My hubby has the same thing.....um...in the vacinity of his boys....We know whatever it was wasn't poisonous or we'd be at the ER by now one way or the other.

I remember stirring from sleep slightly at some point, because my hubby was yanking the sheets off, flapping them and swearing quietly. I went back to sleep thinking nothing of it.

When I woke up this morning, I noticed the area just above my knee was a little sore, but shrugged it off quickly. Groggily scrounged for my house clothes (I sleep nekkid) and went through my morning rise routine. Mr. Nikijad had already been awake for some time, so I went back to the bedroom to see what he was up to.
Sat down on the edge of the bed and started talking with him, and rubbed my sore knee area, and realized there was a hard, slightly painful bump there. Yanked my pant leg up and took a look, and said, "What the hell, a spider bite?" My hubby turns and says, "You, too?! I got bit, in the crotch."

Yeah, I laughed at that

He said he woke up briefly during the night, and after a few seconds felt something bite him with a bit of force to the bite, and said he searched the bedsheets and couldn't find it. I told him I didn't notice anything. Hell, I sleep deep, the last time I was bit by a spider (last year) I didn't notice I had 2 bright red blisters on my stomach until I was getting dressed.

We theorized what type of spider it could have been, and he settled on a southern house spider. Although he's not positive, considering he was wearing flannel pants and undies that the spider managed to bite through. Actually.....I wonder if it crawled up his pant leg and got him....Would explain why he didn't see it anywhere when he looked.

Going to try to link some pics of them in.....

 

[sogman]

Fuck I killed a monster in my bathtub the other day! I sprayed em down with a corrosive mildew remover. He ran full speed into the drain it made me laugh my ass off!
So I drowned the bastard, if it does rain/snow because of this it will be ironically funny

They are pretty big in my basement right now, im paranoid of them in the sheets so I shake them out routinely nightly. Never seen one in my sheets in my entire life yet but the thought is creepy to me. Had a few crawling on the wall next my head. Always startled me pretty bad, get the heart going, and then ur just pissed off cause their such little creeps.

I find my spiders dont like the rough carpets in my house. I think their kinda like iguanas in that sense its a difficult surface for them to travel on.

Anyway look at the eyes on that bastard in ur first picture! Is that hobo spider?
Or just some woodpile spider? creepy though *shivers*

 

[Nikijad4210]

Nope, as far as I know, it's just called a Southern House Spider.

And I gotta give you props, if you can stay put with spiders crawling up the wall by your head, man...I'd flip out, lol. Any idea what kind of spider(s) you have roaming your house?

I looked through spiderzrule.com first, and then floridanature.org for the pics I got....at least, I BELIEVE they're from FloridaNature, I was looking at a couple of sites at once...

 

[Guest]

That 2nd photo looks a bit like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider
Those are one of the species I officially hate.
But, I like spiders. Useful little creatures.

 

[ChrOniCHiGhz]

I got bit by a brown recluse in the same way you and your mr did, even got me about 2 inches below my waistline. I hate those nasty fuckers, I love spiders (I have a Mexican fireknee for a pet) but not those that sneak into your covers and bite you while your asleep. Plus brown recluses are somewhat poisonous, I swell up alittle when I get bit, but not as bad as most people. I don't get a huge ulcer in my skin, it was gone like 4 days later.

 

[pipeline]

This summer i had some poison ivy on my legs, and i woke up one morning, from staying at our house on the lake,with a bunch of 2 hole, 1/4 inch spaced spider bites on my chest. Maybe 4 or 5, can't remember. Later that day, i started getting really itchy all over my chest, and poison ivy rashes started popping up.......Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. I must have itched them in my sleep.

Had to get poison ivy soap and lotion as well as lots of cannabis to get through that one. All over now though, thank God.

 

[ChrOniCHiGhz]

LOL shitty lucky pipeline, I caught poison ivy so much when i was young, that I've grown a immunity to it I believe, I remember one time I told a friend that, and he bet me $100 I wouldn't roll in a big patch of it. so I did, didn't even get a single rash, and got $100 lol

 

[Guest]

yea I try very hard to keep my room free of spiders but every now and then Ill see one of them big brown one's with long legs.

 

[Guest]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_house_spider

 

[Sativa_Fan]

Yea, those are abundant around here. They can get pretty large, too. Beautiful spiders IMO, the eyes are creepy though! I used to be fascinated with arachnids (still am) and this was one of my favorite species because it was local and so unique. And the wikipedia article is right, they are very timid and I've never seen one show any signs of aggression or try to bite. Their fangs are TINY TINY TINY. Weird how such a big spider can have the smallest fangs.

 

[IwannagethighOG]

I get those damn matrix bugs crawling on my walls. They look like that bug thats gets in Neo's stomach that has to be pumped out. There harmless and dissapear from my basement once winter sets in though.

By the way, if you ever sleep in a hotel, remember to check for bed bugs. Nasty little blood suckers.

 

[sogman]

Attention readers: Brown recluses are almost uniquely indenticle to hobo spiders.

I just thought it unnerving that you guys were shaking them off as brown recluses. Cause hobo spiders can be anywhere in the northwestern united states and western canada. Those bites get bad boy. Were talking huge skin ulcers and possible amputations, if you don't diagnose it properly. Although luckily apparently 50% no venom is injected oddly, but its a good omen!

http://www.hobospider.com/info/index.html

 

[IwannagethighOG]

Ya spiders seem like there not off this world. Can you imagine the spiders out in space. Giant ones. The little flesh eating ones that swarm you in a pack are the worst. Pirahana spiders. I giant multi headed space snake scares me even more.

 

[fishing time]

I got bit in bed a couple nights ago right on the corner of my mouth. No biggie tho the bite's mostly gone now. I get bites every so often, especially in the fall. The buggers are trying to get inside so they don't freeze.

 

[Guest]

its always weird when you go to pick up your bubbler and theres a spider in the water section!

 

[sogman]

DISGUSTING!!!111

If I found a spider in my bubbler I'd be worried that he was any where near my mouth! I remember when I was a kid one of my teacher's told me a story about a spider that crawled in some ladies ear. And was chewing its way through her ear drum. He said the thing got so fat they had to surgically take it out in pieces!
*Shivers*
God damn now I have to check my bubbler for passengers.

 

[mace_ecam]

i think spiders are cool

if you want to get scared, check out the spiders in australia afterwards you won't mind those harmless spiders anymore...

 

[sogman]

yeah they make a thud when they land on the floor!

 

[Sativa_Fan]

About the biggest we get around here (SE US) are the Giant House Spiders and Rabid Wolf Spiders. You never see the females of the house spiders but the males grow to have a very large legspan and can surprise the shit outta you by turning up in the most unwelcome of places, as well as being unnervingly fast. I swear they teleport rather than run on their legs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_house_spider

It says that they occur in the northwestern US but we most certainly have them around here as well.

edit: I knew it! According to wikipedia the Giant House Spider was the fastest recorded spider in the world until 1987. If any of you have ever come into contact with these things, you'd know I'm telling the truth! They're frighteningly fast. I'll put it this way, I've kept many species of tarantula, spider and scorpion over the years. I still have a few, actually. I've dealt with some pretty 'hot' stuff but the speed of these things still scares the shit outta me

 

[sogman]

Yeah actually those giant house spider's are exactly what I was killing in my bathtub the other day. Fucking bastards like the dampness or something. Either that or the porcelin is too slippery for them to escape from and I give them their death via tilex mildew remover.
It paralyzes some, other run their asses off right into the drain.