[at-l] Insect Problems - BRS

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

We had a shed at our house in Tucson which was a regular refuge for Black 
Widows.  My sister would talk to them, making non-violence agreements; I 
generally killed them if I could - but they never bit anyone.  One time I 
moved a pile of decorative bricks so I could sweep out the shed.  As I was 
putting them back, I noticed a big fat mama right in the hole where I had 
put my hand to carry it out.  I dropped it and watched her for a while, then 
went on to other things.  I figured since she didn't bit me, when she could 
have, I wouldn't kill her.

My stepmother was bitten by a Brown Recluse in Houston.  She didn't know how 
she had gotten bitten, just that she had a sore that wouldn't heal and kept 
growing.  Fortunately, her doctor figured out fairly quickly what the 
problem was and did surgery to remove the dead skin.  As far as I know, I've 
never even seen one -- which is good, since spiders usually like to chew on 
me.

Ginny

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