Bite!!

adamanteus · 02-23-2007, 04:55 PM

I was reading a thread somewhere on here....someone was looking for a series of photos charting the effect of a Rattlesnake bite. I can't help with that, but the following series of pictures shows the development of a spider bite (Amourobious similis) over a 72 hour period. The effect of the haemotoxins/cytotoxins can clearly be seen. A Rattler (or other viper) bite would be similar, only on a massive scale! Yes, the finger is mine. And yes, I did die! Incidentally, Amourobious similis is considered harmless...tell that to my grieving widow!

abcat1993 · 02-23-2007, 05:35 PM

AAAGGHH, jeez, put a warning or something.

I'm off to the bathroom to go throw up...

Gyre · 02-23-2007, 06:00 PM

OMG. 0__0;

Ok.. The face I'm making right now is... Yuk. Anyway.. I don't want to get bitten by that!

Thamnophis · 02-23-2007, 06:05 PM

Almost thirty years working in healthcare makes that does pictures do not that much to me

Do not know the spider, but not that harmless, I think.

adamanteus · 02-23-2007, 06:22 PM

The spider is really common in the UK and Europe. I didn't intend to shock, only to illustrate the effect of haemotoxins.

abcat1993 · 02-23-2007, 06:24 PM

What type of spider is that? I mean, that's disgusting. Does that happen every time you get bitten, or is that just if you let it suck on you for a while and don't do anything?

Thamnophis · 02-23-2007, 06:25 PM

I´ve looked it up and I know the spider. It lives in Holland to.

adamanteus · 02-23-2007, 06:29 PM

That's the one! Real common, I don't think it has a common name, I only know it as Amourobious similis. It has a bigger and nastier cousin, Amourobious ferox, I don't intend to let that one bite me though!

Gyre · 02-23-2007, 06:34 PM

Ok, I've had a miute to compose myself.

Well, it's in the funnel web family .. Though, that's the extent of my spidy-sense, I know we have simalar spiders here. My friend has a comunity web in her barn. Looks like a three-foot tornado. Eek. Imagine what fourty or fifty could do.

adamanteus · 02-23-2007, 06:45 PM

No, it's not a funnel web..... They belong to the Theraphosidae (not true spiders) along with the so called tarantulas. Amourobious is a "true" spider (Aranea), it's just a little inconspicuous thing. Boringly enough though, I could tell you the whole life history and taxonomy if you could stay awake long enough! We have no funnel-webs or trap-door spiders in the UK.

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Originally Posted by Gyre

Ok, I've had a miute to compose myself.

Well, it's in the funnel web family .. Though, that's the extent of my spidy-sense, I know we have simalar spiders here. My friend has a comunity web in her barn. Looks like a three-foot tornado. Eek. Imagine what fourty or fifty could do.

02-23-2007, 04:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 7,958 Country:	Bite!! I was reading a thread somewhere on here....someone was looking for a series of photos charting the effect of a Rattlesnake bite. I can't help with that, but the following series of pictures shows the development of a spider bite (Amourobious similis) over a 72 hour period. The effect of the haemotoxins/cytotoxins can clearly be seen. A Rattler (or other viper) bite would be similar, only on a massive scale! Yes, the finger is mine. And yes, I did die! Incidentally, Amourobious similis is considered harmless...tell that to my grieving widow! Last edited by adamanteus : 04-17-2007 at 10:22 AM.

02-23-2007, 05:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
abcat1993 Old and wise snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North of Chicago IL, US Posts: 867 Country:	Re: Bite!! AAAGGHH, jeez, put a warning or something. I'm off to the bathroom to go throw up... __________________ 0.1 Jack Russell Terrier 1.0 rough skinned newt 1.0.0 eastern garter http://www.winnetka36.org/ci/ci_name.htm

02-23-2007, 06:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gyre Juvenile snake Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 179 Country:	Re: Bite!! OMG. 0__0; Ok.. The face I'm making right now is... Yuk. Anyway.. I don't want to get bitten by that!

02-23-2007, 06:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Thamnophis Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,313 Country:	Re: Bite!! Almost thirty years working in healthcare makes that does pictures do not that much to me Do not know the spider, but not that harmless, I think. __________________ Kousebandslangen.nl - Member of the EGSA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner. Frank Zappa

02-23-2007, 06:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 7,958 Country:	Re: Bite!! The spider is really common in the UK and Europe. I didn't intend to shock, only to illustrate the effect of haemotoxins.

02-23-2007, 06:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
abcat1993 Old and wise snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North of Chicago IL, US Posts: 867 Country:	Re: Bite!! What type of spider is that? I mean, that's disgusting. Does that happen every time you get bitten, or is that just if you let it suck on you for a while and don't do anything? __________________ 0.1 Jack Russell Terrier 1.0 rough skinned newt 1.0.0 eastern garter http://www.winnetka36.org/ci/ci_name.htm

02-23-2007, 06:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
Thamnophis Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,313 Country:	Re: Bite!! I´ve looked it up and I know the spider. It lives in Holland to. __________________ Kousebandslangen.nl - Member of the EGSA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner. Frank Zappa

02-23-2007, 06:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 7,958 Country:	Re: Bite!! That's the one! Real common, I don't think it has a common name, I only know it as Amourobious similis. It has a bigger and nastier cousin, Amourobious ferox, I don't intend to let that one bite me though!

02-23-2007, 06:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gyre Juvenile snake Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 179 Country:	Re: Bite!! Ok, I've had a miute to compose myself. Well, it's in the funnel web family .. Though, that's the extent of my spidy-sense, I know we have simalar spiders here. My friend has a comunity web in her barn. Looks like a three-foot tornado. Eek. Imagine what fourty or fifty could do.

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