Hey guys, I heard that the brown recluse heavily populated Texas.. how often do you guys run into them? I've heard some bad stories?

I havent seen one in years but I live in the city. I heard their venom is worth a lot of money for vacine.

I ran into one when I was 15.. required getting cut open and packed with gauze for 2 weeks...and shoving a long q-tip with alcohol down in my arm and swirling it around. Wasn't cool at all. I see quite a few every year in our feed barns.

we had a bad problem with em at one of our places one year, but no one got bit. i see em on a semiregular basis, but havent been bittin, and neither has anyone close to me.

I've been bittten before. It turned from a bump into a giant hole about the size of a dime that was filled with puss and all kinds of nasty lookin junk. Nothing just anibiotics won't fix.

Or if you're a hoss, you can rub some dirt on it and walk it off. I got the antbiotics.

There's quite a few here in N. Texas. My daughter got bit by one back in the summer. They caught it quickly and it didn't turn into much, thank God. They can be terrible, because once bitten, it's starts eating your flesh from the inside, out. (not the spider itself, of course, lol)

I see 'em all the time.

I got bit by one in the most unpleasant of places about a month ago!! Stay Away from Them!!

They are everywhere. be careful at the woodpile.
I have been bitten 4 times in the past 15 years.
the first time I had to be admitted, 2nd time not so bad
knew what it was & what to do.
last time 2yrs ago, swelled my leg so bad had to cut my pants off
never really hurt, and you never feel the bite.
it's not deadly unless it's ignored. it's not the venom that kills you, it's the resulting staph infection that comes after the bite.
large doses of Cephalexin & a lot of peroxide/q-tips will neutralize the poison in about 72 hrs.

what do they look like can someone post a picture ...i got an idea but not sure.

they are about as big around as a quarter and have what looks like a fiddle on their back. Some people call them Fiddle Backs, just because of that.

Humm I'm no expert at all but I don't think they are NEAR that big... I thonk their but is about as big as a kitchen match head and they have long skinny legs.
We find them mostly around stuff that's been in storage... ply wood, fire wood ect...

i think yoiu are thinking of the DADDY LONGLEG?

they are not very big and get squashed before I see what they are, lol. we have a lot of spiders out here in Midland and the BR is one of them but I dont see them near as much as I see Black Widows, them ladies are all over the place. Never heard of getting bit by one but they love to build a web in dark dank corners.
DannyG

Got bitten on the inner thigh by one. Started out as an itchy little pimple looking red spot. Made a scab over the hole it had eaten in my leg. Took the scab off and it drained for about a week. It ate a hole out about the size of two match sticks together. I could stick a needle in there all the way up to the end and never feel it. I still have a scar and this happened about 22 years ago.

My husband got bitten by one years ago and it left a big hole. Had to take antibiotics to stop the eating away of the flesh. I personally have never seen one but I know they are around. Never pick up a log or brush without gloves on. I have seen black widow spiders on a regular basis though. They like to live under upside turned buckets. Both spider species are extremely poisonous.

in our area espically for the deer blinds just befors season, get a bug bomb made for the house, i think they treat a 10x12 room or something like that. and put it in the 4x4 blind with it all closed up......... i can hunt a lot more relaxed after that.....................i dont like spiders

I have them all over the damn place at my house. They can range anywhere from dime to quarter size. Most are about as big as a nickel.

They are really easy to identify once you learn what they look like. No other spiders really look like them.

LOL, when I say as big around as a quarter, I mean the legs and all. Usually, the "fiddle" on their back is quite pronounced. It really looks like a fiddle(without the strings ) They like to hang out in dark places. Always, ALWAYS, check/shake your clothing/shoes if it's been laying in a pile. Most people don't do that(pile of clothes), but I know we have some young batchelors on here, lol. I hate scorpions too! Sometimes those things are bad around here. My ex-wife had one drop from a ceiling onto her face when she was little.(probably what made her the crazy b!t#% she is, lol)

They are penny sized. Just make sure you go to the doctor if you think you have been bitten by one of them.

Photo of Brown Recluse

I do that but I drop 2 bombs in my 4x4 blind

Nothing natural should live through that

Somebody sent me an email years ago with this sequence of pictures. Days 3-10 after a bite. I sure avoid them.......

Mmmmm, tasty!