bogleech: Another summer PSA: Widows and recluses, shown here, are THE ONLY spiders in all North Ame
bogleech:Another summer PSA:Widows and recluses, shown here, are THE ONLY spiders in all North America whose bite can do anything more than sting a little, weird allergies excepted. Period. You can stop posting every single spider you see to our bug groups with “…..DANGEROUS?????”. There’s two. There’s only ever been two.Out of 2,000 reported bites a year no American has ever been killed by a black widow anyway.Everything you hear about recluse bites is also exaggerated or just made up.No, there’s no evidence that “hobo spiders” have a serious bite and there’s no dangerous invasive spiders or new spiders sweeping America, there is seriously just the two and the two aren’t even as bad as everyone thinks they are.If you’re bitten by either one you should probably see a doctor just in case but you are highly unlikely to become the first death out of thousands. -- source link
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