In most situations, you do not need to worry about being bitten by a spider. Most spider bites will simply cause you to experience some itching at the location of the bite, but that is about as far as the symptoms will go. However, there are four very poisonous types of spiders which you should ...
Man’s best friend, the dog. We love our dogs, they’re family. They’re special to us, we pamper them, treat them, let them sleep inside at the end of our bed or make them posh little houses to sleep in. There is no doubting that dogs have a huge place in our hearts. It only goes ...
Spiders, which are commonly feared and the source of many urban legends, are not predisposed to bite humans unless they feel threatened. Very few spiders, even when they do bite, are dangers to human beings, but it is always good to be careful when you don’t know how to identify poisonous spiders. Spider bites are ...
This article is about venomous spiders in California. Hopefully if you searched for “Poisonous spiders in California” then you found this article anyway. I was called to task over this in previous spider articles I have written. Poisonous means something ingested, venomous means you were bitten or stung by some critter. Thus the correct title ...
America is the home to 20,000 different types of spiders and out of all 20,000 spiders only 60 have the capability to bite a human being and only 4 are known to be poisonous. The poisonous ones include the brown recluse, black widow, hobo or aggressive house spider, and the yellow sac spider. The brown ...
There are a number of deadly creatures in Australia, and most of them are quite obvious. The spiders of Australia, however, are not always so obvious. While the deadly Sydney funnel web spider is rather obvious with it’s size and ominous behavior, it is not the only dangerous spider in Australia. In dark, hidden, dry ...
With the warmer temperatures comes the increased frequency of insect bites. While some insect bites-such as mosquito bites-are more of a nuisance than a threat and are easily prevented with commercial products and homemade repellents, spider bites are a different story. Many people are quite concerned about the effects of spider bites, even though there ...
It is a dark California evening. On one side of the court you have the Blacks- revered and deadly; their reputation is known worldwide. On the other side the lesser known Browns sit and wait, they have been snatching up Black territories all summer. Cute kids play basketball amidst the tension, unaware of the Spider ...
