I was just bitten by a spider.

Sick!!!! You play CoD4 on a gamepad!?! I'd rather get raped by that spider....

I'm sick of the mentions of Spiderman already.Ryo_Kensen

I didn't see any....but then again it's hard to see when you're throwing up because you saw an Xbox case...

If you're not from Australia, then you have probably heard the term "The spiders in Australia are so big they have there own health bars", well it's true.

Just a few minutes ago I had planned to go out to get some lunch, so I went a brought in my clean washing off the washing line in the back yard. Little did I know that in my new clean shorts was a little friend who was hitching a ride. I put my shorts on and felt a slight jab in my upper thigh. I didn't think about it at all until I felt him start crawling down my leg at which point I froze.

Usually residential species consist mainly of golden orb spiders, huntsmans and wolf spiders. However there is still the chance that it could be a black widow or a red back, so the key is not to panic.

I allowed him to crawl the length of my leg so I could get a good look at him, too my surprise it was neither of the above mentioned spiders, infact I still have no idea what it is. Anyway, I ended him in the most humane way I could and took this picture to see if anyone knows what kind of spider it is.

It's been about an hour now and I have yet to feel any ill effects, so maybe it was just a warning bite. :)

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1nverted

Don't get all comfortable yet. The MINOR symptoms seem to set in soon, and the MAJOR symptoms tend to come later.

I once got bitten by an african tarantula. Had burning pain and swelling for about 8 hours, then it went away. Thought that it was all over. But about 12 hours after that, the neurotoxins started to bind to my central nervous system, and I had excruciating total-body muscle cramps for nearly a week.

Same thing with the black widow (and I'd assume the redback, since they're so closely related). You don't even start out feeling pain. The actual bite feels like NOTHING. If you get bitten, it feels like a mere pinprick. And you think "pfft", then this is nothing." But wait a while, and then the REALLY bad **** starts to happen.

You're not out of the woods yet. Not by far. The fact that you haven't started to suffer yet doesn't mean a DAMN thing.

maybe ur going to turn into spider man!! oh gosh, that would be soo cool! :D dont worry though, the majority of most spiders arent poisonous. Putzwapputzen

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If you're not from Australia, then you have probably heard the term "The spiders in Australia are so big they have there own health bars", well it's true.

Just a few minutes ago I had planned to go out to get some lunch, so I went a brought in my clean washing off the washing line in the back yard. Little did I know that in my new clean shorts was a little friend who was hitching a ride. I put my shorts on and felt a slight jab in my upper thigh. I didn't think about it at all until I felt him start crawling down my leg at which point I froze.

Usually residential species consist mainly of golden orb spiders, huntsmans and wolf spiders. However there is still the chance that it could be a black widow or a red back, so the key is not to panic.

I allowed him to crawl the length of my leg so I could get a good look at him, too my surprise it was neither of the above mentioned spiders, infact I still have no idea what it is. Anyway, I ended him in the most humane way I could and took this picture to see if anyone knows what kind of spider it is.

It's been about an hour now and I have yet to feel any ill effects, so maybe it was just a warning bite. :)

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MrGeezer

Don't get all comfortable yet. The MINOR symptoms seem to set in soon, and the MAJOR symptoms tend to come later.

I once got bitten by an african tarantula. Had burning pain and swelling for about 8 hours, then it went away. Thought that it was all over. But about 12 hours after that, the neurotoxins started to bind to my central nervous system, and I had excruciating total-body muscle cramps for nearly a week.

Same thing with the black widow (and I'd assume the redback, since they're so closely related). You don't even start out feeling pain. The actual bite feels like NOTHING. If you get bitten, it feels like a mere pinprick. And you think "pfft", then this is nothing." But wait a while, and then the REALLY bad **** starts to happen.

You're not out of the woods yet. Not by far. The fact that you haven't started to suffer yet doesn't mean a DAMN thing.

I never realized it could take that long. I always assumed the effects took place pretty quickly as the toxins traveled through your bloodstream.

Hey folsks, well it's monday morning and I woke up! So atleast I'm not dead. I took a trip down to the local after hours GP and he said I may experience symptons if it was a slow acting venom but I was fine all night. I did get a little bit of swelling on my leg around the bite so it must have just been a warning bite.

Unfortunately I have no spiderman like powers. :(

Hey folsks, well it's monday morning and I woke up! So atleast I'm not dead. I took a trip down to the local after hours GP and he said I may experience symptons if it was a slow acting venom but I was fine all night. I did get a little bit of swelling on my leg around the bite so it must have just been a warning bite.

Unfortunately I have no spiderman like powers. :(

1nverted

well that sucks. atleast your o.k :P lol

*shudders* I hate spiders.

Ever since this one time when I was real little and I went to sit on the toilet without looking and...

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Me too! except it was IN the toilet and I ran out of the bathroom spanking myself to get the spider off.