tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post2843317895835781601..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: White-tailed SpiderKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-25347703166009803382010-08-30T22:27:18.988+12:002010-08-30T22:27:18.988+12:00I don't in general mind spiders, but that is p...I don't in general mind spiders, but that is probably because we have only one rare and shy indigenous poisonous species; the katipo. I can quite understand people from other countries having a sensible fear though.<br /><br />The brown recluse suffers from the same bad press as the white-tail - it is not at all clear that necrosis is venom-related. There's strong evidence that it is a bacterial infection at the bite site. <br /><br />My main beef is the pain!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-27447995157917296432010-08-30T07:05:56.633+12:002010-08-30T07:05:56.633+12:00Yuck! Spiders! Their webs make great pictures, e...Yuck! Spiders! Their webs make great pictures, especially when backlit by the morning sun and still dripping with dew. But I don't like to encounter them in my house...or wood pile. Here, the brown recluse is the one I fear the most. I suspect you'd like it even less. Take a look if you like.<br /><br />http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html<br /><br />Sometimes the flesh rots out like with a rattlesnake bite. Seldom fatal, but healing can be a real problem.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496177806828343280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-71150233436690685442010-08-28T12:27:58.751+12:002010-08-28T12:27:58.751+12:00Adding a little balance to my post: http://nature...Adding a little balance to my post: http://natureitems.blogspot.com/2007/01/18-white-tailed-spiders-lampona-species.htmlKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-73791869677624658562010-08-28T11:41:03.060+12:002010-08-28T11:41:03.060+12:00What I can't understand is how a nasty Austral...What I can't understand is how a nasty Australian spider earns enough money to buy an expensive Canon camera. Also what is he photographing anyway? The sweet and innocent NZ grey spiders before they meet their ecologically unnatural doom? <br />VERIFICATION WORD - "Facurism" = the transposing of species into habitats where historically they do not belong.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-10439031140674159222010-08-28T11:26:24.622+12:002010-08-28T11:26:24.622+12:00My kids think every spider is a whitetail, but bet...My kids think every spider is a whitetail, but better safe than sorry, I guess!betty-NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950300478215339641noreply@blogger.com