Tegenarism (Hobo Spider Bite)
I'm not in the habit of posting medical issues in open places, but I'm frankly looking for any new leads or information we can use to help my neighbor. I'm a nurse, and all of us (doctors, nurses, patient) are hitting the wall on what we can do to help this friend of mine
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I will also add that here, in Appalachia, we actually have them and huge spiders the size of my hand. How delightfully fun.
While trying to inform Max on this spider, I came across an article by the U Cal Davis campus that listed prevention of Hobo Spiders (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7488.html) . Perhaps it would be of some help:
Typically, pesticide control of spiders is difficult unless you actually see the spider and are able to spray it. There are various insecticides available in retail outlets labeled for spider control. It is just as easy and much less toxic to crush the spider with a rolled up newspaper or your shoe. Sticky traps placed along floorboards out of the reach of pets and young children offer a noninsecticidal way to trap spiders as well as provide an idea of population levels in the structure. You can also remove a spider from your home by placing a jar over it and slipping a piece of paper under the jar that then seals off the opening of the jar when it is lifted up. If you plan to send the spider to an expert for identification, try to keep it in an undamaged condition because a crushed specimen may be difficult to identify.
More information about them can be found here: http://www.hobospider.net/info/
Cheers and hopefully your neighbor does better. I am heading back to Nashville after I sit for the Bar, so back to yet another set of pests I have to be aware of!
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