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<blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 150751" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>I've found that some spiders tolerate handling, and some actually seem repulsed by contact with human skin. Its really neat when you have one that lets you handle it. Just be prepared for a bite, don't let the spider drop, and cowboy through the pain. Just an fyi, yesterday I ran into some type of ground wasps doing yardwork, four of them stung me. Ive also been stung by my local scorpions several times, yellowjackets as well, and had an assassin bug in my boot jab his face spike thing directly into the front of my middle toe, just under the nail(That hurt like a mother****er), but none of those were like a G pulchra bite, which I hate to admit was worse. Not intolerable, or anything, not like an old world T. But still, the venom was unlike all those other encounters. It burned worse, and caused soreness and throbbing, and actually went away and I fell asleep, only to have it come back an hr later, and wake me up, which is weird. Not horrible pain though, not trying to scare anyone. Just..weird venom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MassExodus, post: 150751, member: 4086"] I've found that some spiders tolerate handling, and some actually seem repulsed by contact with human skin. Its really neat when you have one that lets you handle it. Just be prepared for a bite, don't let the spider drop, and cowboy through the pain. Just an fyi, yesterday I ran into some type of ground wasps doing yardwork, four of them stung me. Ive also been stung by my local scorpions several times, yellowjackets as well, and had an assassin bug in my boot jab his face spike thing directly into the front of my middle toe, just under the nail(That hurt like a mother****er), but none of those were like a G pulchra bite, which I hate to admit was worse. Not intolerable, or anything, not like an old world T. But still, the venom was unlike all those other encounters. It burned worse, and caused soreness and throbbing, and actually went away and I fell asleep, only to have it come back an hr later, and wake me up, which is weird. Not horrible pain though, not trying to scare anyone. Just..weird venom. [/QUOTE]
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