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by fizzbob7 on June 25, 2002
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i was working on my car at my dads monday and got bitten by, what i think, is a spider. At first it felt like a hornet sting and i immediately reached for the spot on my shoulder and then took my shirt off and checked it and then on my back but saw nothing...definitely not a wasp, bee, hornet, or anything like that. then a place the size of my hand begin to swell and my arm went numb for about 2 hours....it hurt like hell, just like a burn but all over...the swelling went down by this morning and the bite is sore and it feels like someone hit my shoulder and top of my arm with a bat almost like it's bruised down to the bone...i'm not allergic to anything that stings or bites that i know of but im wondering what it is...could a partial envenomation from a brown recluse be possible because they are around there and there are a few really small scorpions, no bigger than a half dollar, around in the rock cliffs....i was out in the woods taking a cable out of a junk car when it happened...any ideas..not worried but curious....and what kind of scorpions are around there(northwest alabama)...i always hear "wood scorpions"...dark brownish red with a black stinger...really small...maybe young..i dunno
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by fizzbob7 on June 26, 2002
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extreme northwestern alabama out in the country..fields, pine trees and the river.....florence, alabama...
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by JohnWhite on June 27, 2002
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You may of been stung by a Cow Killer (Dasymutilla occidentalis). They have a fairly painful sting. In fact that's how they got their name.
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by Craig0104 on June 28, 2002
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Sorry it took me a long time to write back. i figured i would look at my arachnid books and try to come with something. i'm guessing you might have been bitten by a widow spider(Lactrodectus) and there was just a weak reaction. i have kept several species, but i have never been bitten once. bites are supposed to be much more painful and intense than that, but i guess it depends on a number of factors. i really like John White's cow killer idea. a cow killer is also called a velvet ant ( which is a wasp with an ant like apperance). i hope i helped a little
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by fizzbob7 on June 28, 2002
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i have definitely seen "cow killers" around...a lot more so than usual....as of today, the area is still sore and feels arthritic but no big deal really...i was just curious....and about the cow killer, i dont know much about them and was curious..how venomous are they and did you say they were a wasp(wingless) or is it a young form that looks like an ant....just wondering...
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