Thread: White tail spider bites

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Are these little fellas as nasty as some say if your unlucky enough to get bitten

My understanding is that a very small percentage of population can develop chronic ulceratrions around the bite, and these can last a while. Most bites resolve in a matter of days, or a few weeks tops. This is something I've heard from friends that have grown up in the country (so to be taken with a grain of salt) - I'm sure you'll get a better explanation in no time.

Cheers

Bojan

Had a search with google and it appears they're quite harmless
Little bastard got me just under the eye I was just about to nod off and bang Got me up quick.

The spider is not poisonous, however like any animal bite, bacteria can be introduced by the bite.

Guess I shouldn't be worried about all of them leaping about the house.

White-tailed Spider - Australian Museum

White-tailed spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i got bitten on saterday by one of those foot came up in welts and now have some nasty saws i'll take a pic

A small percentage of bites have a serious reaction causing necrosis the cure is to cut away the dead tissue but this a very small number of bites not sure of the cause but keep an eye on it starts as swelling then ulcers

its starting to scab finaly doc recons thats good

sorry not a good pic is looks alot better in this pic

there's an interesting series of pics in the first post in this link


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