AZ BS Thread 4.2⁰

Keep a torch handy in the garage.. along with that blacklight. Torch is good for both Widows and Scorpions.. that's my method anyways. Or just crush em if possible.. I also spray the perimeter of the house somewhat regularly.

 

I saw them in Cleveland when I was there. First place I lived that had them.

 

No shit?
What part of Cleveland?

 

Lakewood.

 

We doused it in denatured alcohol and lit it on fire lol

I was an East sider my whole life. Lake/Geauga county

 

Also, I got the worst case of poison oak EVER down in Eaton area while hunting. I used a climbing tree stand to hunt a field, and it must have had a vine on the back side that I didn't see. Got it on my hands, then transferred to my face, stomach, and legs. I fought it for 2 weeks. As soon as it broke inside the underwear band, approaching Captain Wahoo, I saw a doc quick...

 

I used to turkey hunt in Painesville. They were everywhere!

 

Dude small world, my gf is from the Painesville area. We bought our first house in 2018 just West of Painesville in Mentor.

 

That's an egg sac she's protecting. It's kind of unusual to see them in their web during daylight hours. Their bite is very painful but usually not fatal. The Brown Recluse is the dangerous one.

 

Been bit by both
I'll take the recluse bite over the black widow. Idk what it was maybe cause the black widow got me in a more meaty part but was way worse

 

The thing with the brown recluse is it's venom attacks and dissolves tissue and the wound just keeps getting worse and worse if you don't get medical attention. I hate spiders!

 

I know still have a scar on the top of my foot and I was in urgent care within 24 hours of the bite

 

She was in a splicing pit that we were pulling wire into. Popped the lid off and there she was.

 

This is interesting. Apparently the Brown Recluse is not as terrible as most people think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qb4BY6eDEs

 

it prolly wasnt a recluse if it was here in AZ, we dont have them, we have a slightly les potent cousin, the arizona brown.

 

Poison Oak is brutal. Its kicked my ass multiple times.
Technu is the answer. If you can wash with it within 12 hours of exposure it gets the oils off your skin that cause the reaction.
(when you see symptoms its mostly too late)

I use this stuff anytime I think I may have come in contact. Works on clothes and gear too. Usually you can find it at CVS, Walgreens, ect

 

Black Widow bites can be fatal to kids; and adults if you have other issues and or even allergic to them. Had a friend get bit by one. Made him very nauseous and sick for a few days.
I knew a older gentleman that lost his big toe to a brown recluse in Florida.

 

Another nope and second the torch method! lol Kill the food source and spray quarterly. She a big one too,

 

the bites from this past weekend was no joke. they are all still raised and itchy as hell lol

Also @KingOfTheNorth good seeing you today buddy!!

 

Where at in OH?