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I got bit by a brown recluse here in NJ. I have never seen a Widow, but the Recluse is not too uncommon. needless to say it sucked, when I went to the ER I had a DR who just kepton saying it was a tick bite(we have a huge tick problem in western NJ, a bite is 80% chance at lyme disease). I was very lucky that I did not have a serious reaction to the bite. it swelled pretty good and was almost like a boil...hurt like a mf'er. I got the bite on my left thigh, I must have had it in the jeans I put on. Now my wife and I check our shoes and clothes before we put them on, oddly my cats don't seem to be bothered by the spiders(they eat them) although Frack did have a siezure that almost took her(she was in intensive care for 2 weeks).We could never pinpoint the exact cause of(we at that time sprayed for spiders) her seizure
I coaught one and brought it to my college and the biology professor was shocked! He id it as a recluse...scary little bastards.
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