I hate spiders

[SeaPro238]

Well last week it was sand storms, I can live with those, then it was flash floods, again I can cope. But, with the rain came yet another plague on the South Sahara here in Sudan, spiders!!!! Now I consider myself a manly kind of guy, skydiving, hang gliding, hell I'll even drive around a country in a civil war looking for trouble. I didnt say I was smart, just that I'm not a girly man. I dont mind snakes, gators, crocs, bugs, hell even an ex-wife or two. But spiders, not your everyday run of the mill spiders, but these friggin Camel Spiders creep me out. Since the rain they have been thick, I'm talking damn thick, several hundred a night running around like they own the place.
So, this morning about 0500 I go floppin into the shower building, there are 2 sinks in this joint and each one has a big hairy spider in it and boy were they pissed. Apparently they can't climb on slick surfaces so they've been trapped since god knows when last night and are not amused by this fact. So they wanted a fight, but fighting a spider the size of a small mammal wrapped only in a towel and wearing a pair of flops, is not my idea of a good time. So, like any rational man I decided to shave later. I'm hoping those bastards are gone when I go back.

[O-SEA-D]

Good Lord that is nasty. I hate spiders too man.

Is that those Camel spiders?
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Ugly as ugly can get

[DILLIGAF]

That things nasty lookin.

[SeaPro238]

Good Lord that is nasty. I hate spiders too man.

Is that those Camel spiders?
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Ugly as ugly can get

Yep OSD, this is the hideous camel spider. These are actually small, the bigger females should be showing up any time now. The biggest one I've seen was in Iraq, it was about 6 inches in diameter.

[anthony]

That disgusting critter looks like it has some serious biting apparatus!

[reel world sportfishing]

KILL IT,RIG IT'FISH IT!
Or in the words of Td Nugent KILLIN AND GRILLIN

[Off The Hook]

Dam those are big ugly spiders

[frankypettolina]

What are the consequences of their bite??

My father was bit by a brown recluse last year, the bite was misdiagnosed for the first week, and he almost lost his arm.

It required several surgeries and a skin graft.

I can post some pictures, but they are not for those with a week stomach. If you are really interested, email me, and I will email them back. They are gruesome.

[SeaPro238]

What are the consequences of their bite??

My father was bit by a brown recluse last year, the bite was misdiagnosed for the first week, and he almost lost his arm.

It required several surgeries and a skin graft.

I can post some pictures, but they are not for those with a week stomach. If you are really interested, email me, and I will email them back. They are gruesome.

No venom in these freaks of nature, but very painful when they latch on to you. They are actually a memeber of the scorpion family. I've seen plenty of Recluse and Black Widow bites down at Ft. Bragg, the recluse bites need to be treated with antibiotics asap. A lot of docs have never seen Recluse bites and when you start seeing the "bullseye" from the flesh rotting it's too late, thats when the treatment like you described must be taken.
I'm not really worried about getting bit, these things just give me the willies. Nothing like having one run across you as you're drifting off to sleep

[ROOKIE]

I'd keep a heavy mallet at the ready to SPLAT! those hairy mongrels!

And, of course, hazard pay would be in order!