Spider Bite

[Kristoph]

Hello,

I've just beek awoken by a scrabbling sensation in my ear, which resulted in my grabbing what it was and flinging it at the wall. I turned the light on and as I expected, it was a spider.

Only problem is, my ear has gone from fine to on fire, and is stinging like I've been stung by a wasp. It's swollen up compared to my other ear and I've just taken some painkillers.

I don't usually kill spiders, and only earlier rescued a big one and chucked it outside. But this one decided it's own fate.

Doesn't look anything like a false widow though, so what could it have been?

edit: on looking more at false widows, it may be a false widow? the abdomen of the one in my photo has similar markings, however a little crushed http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...-widow-species/false-widow-nobilis/index.html

Picture of said spider:

Spoiler

 

[Nix]

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...es-and-keys/spider-bites/tube-web-spider.html ?

 

[Kristoph]

Hmm, the thing that looked like it may be a false widow was the dimpled cephalothorax (had to google that). I always thought all this spider bite stuff was hyped up - but this is still keeping me awake after 45 mins and 2 paracetamol.

 

[Nix]

Doesn't look like one to me.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...ides-and-keys/spider-bites/cellar-spider.html

Could be this?

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...and-keys/spider-bites/lace-weaver-spider.html

 

[Craterloads]

Holy ****

I know that is of no help, sorry.

 

[Kristoph]

I don't have a particularly low pain threshold, but I did call the NHS advice line. Then realised that there's not a lot that can be done other than pain killers / anti-histamines. I've just not had this sort of pain from a spider before. Now 1 hour since it happened and it still feels the same. Going to try and get some sleep and see if it wears off a bit.

 

[Craterloads]

I don't have a particularly low pain threshold, but I did call the NHS advice line. Then realised that there's not a lot that can be done other than pain killers / anti-histamines. I've just not had this sort of pain from a spider before. Now 1 hour since it happened and it still feels the same. Going to try and get some sleep and see if it wears off a bit.

I think you can attempt to squeeze the venom out?

 

[Mr Joshua]

Yeah, probably not going to go to bed now.

 

[ak22]

Yeah, probably not going to go to bed now.

Just gave my room a once over iv'e had two flasebacks in my house this summer... now im paranoid lol

 

[Kristoph]

I regret killing it now, would have been much easier to identify, and I could have posted it to a spider forum without feeling like an ass.

 

[bitslice]

I think you can attempt to squeeze the venom out?

It's probably not pain from venom, but the displaced tissue as the eggs are forced under the flesh.
It should go down as the body gets used to the new brood cavity.

 

[Allnamestaken]

It's probably not pain from venom, but the displaced tissue as the eggs are forced under the flesh.
It should go down as the body gets used to the new brood cavity.

 

[Efour]

RIP

 

[Kutter]

has your ear gone floppy yet from the digestive enzymes it injected into you?

 

[jcr]

can you crawl up walls now?

 

[Jaystation]

Ive never been bitten by a spider, but the misses was bit by a brown recluse a few years ago, and rocks a pretty gnarly scar just below her knee, about the size of a 2 pound coin, and cratered in most of the skin there. Nasty little things, so I definitely empathise!!

Just keep an eye on it, the swelling should go down by the morning!

 

[Cyclone]

Do you have an extra sense ??

 

[scorza]

Need a picture of your ear.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Hope you've written your will

 

[bazzabear]

Well, I'm never going to sleep again.

Where are you? Please say a foreign country so I can relax.