Unfortunately, I've had some experience as well. I never saw the attacker. It was a drive by biting. Two punctures close together on my neck. Unlike MM, I had no physical symptoms. What was both interesting and gross though, was how the skin necrotized from the poison. The wound ended up being more than 1/4 deep and I am left with this scar:
Here's a closer look:
This happened 3 years ago. My advice to you is: Be wary of spiders, especially the ones you don't see.
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My dad used to be in the habit of leaving his shoes out on the porch. Then one day he slipped his foot inside and felt a pinch.
As it turns out a black widow had made its home in his shoe during the night and on seeing his big foot on a direct trajectory towards squishville it elected to bite him right through his sock.
Of course, that didn't save the spider from becoming a pile of goo but it did leave my dad with a foot that would become purple and swollen. Stubborn guy that he is though he just stuck it through, refused to see a doctor, and in about the course of a week his foot was back to normal.
He did, however, start keeping his shoes indoors and start the rest of us on a habit of flattening our footwear before slipping into them.
On a side note, my Word Verification for this post is "grail". Weird.
Yeah, well I got "gupil".
MY WIFE received a spider bite near her temple and it also left a somewhat noticeable scar. I think I've had a few, but nothing lasting so I never investigated into the causes.
My house is a spider heaven so I shake out every shoe and piece of clothing I put on.
That sure is some scar I didn't know they had tarantulas in New England.. :)
WV: ullunal
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