"Paul Valente" wrote in message
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Hello to all

I would like to talk about insect bites which cause ulcerations and
necrotic
lesions not just white tailed spiders.
There have been reports of white tail spider bites causing ulceration and
necrotic lesions. While studies have determined that the white tail spider
does not cause this effect a lot of people still believe it to be true. I
don't know but I do know of instances where a bite has caused ulceration
and
necrotic lesions to occur.

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I read about the white tail spider not causing ulcerations and such a little
while back in the paper.
What gets me is how do they come at that conclusion? I mean all these people
were bitten by a white tip, then the ulceration occurred. No science there,
just based on common sense that shows that white tips CAN cause ulceration.
Unless there is a spider that looks almost identical and the people
incorrectly identified them as white tips. People will have different
reactions, some won't be affected at all.
I know of one case personally that was similar to the one where you
mentioned, where it ulcerated to about the size of a 20cent piece. I'm not
sure what they used, if anything, but it went away.
Anyway, interesting post.

Regards and happy gardening
Paul