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I Found This Spider In My Bathroom, And I've Been Getting Bad Bites So I've Been Trying To Figure Out What Kind Of Spider It Is.
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- Submitted: Apr 18, 2019
- Photographed: Apr 8, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Maple Wood, Minnesota, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: Yes
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Hi. Hard to tell from this, most likely a funnel weaver, possibly wolf spider, not dangerous at all.
As for bites, my rule of thumb is if you didn’t catch a spider in the act of biting, your injuries are likely something other.
Spider bites can often sting a bit, perhaps like ant stings or mild bee stings, ones to go unnoticed would not have any significance at all.
Spiders are not bloodsuckers and run around biting people, usually takes som provoking or trapping against the skin. Just too many other sources for those ‘unknown’ bites and injuries.
A doctor or nurse might recognize your bites. You may also be extra sensitive to insect bites. If you can determine when and where they occur it could help narrow down the critter ID. Fleas and bedbugs are possible. A bacterium can spread in a way that looks like bites too. There are also plants, like nettles, to consider.
I often suggest a dermatologist, Usually their schooling consist at least a level of arthropod bites and stings, vegetation spines and skin conditions. I can count on one hand the number of doctors with more than a half hour of such background, one actually an utmost authority on recluse bites. Funny, spider bites hardly bother me at all, mosquitoes,a different story, but bedbugs, they seem to be worse than documented cases of recluse bites,leaving holes in my skin and a trip to the clinic. Why I make note it is impossible to predict the outcome of venomous bites and stings.… Read more »