I don't know if there is a spider season, but there sure seems to be a bunch of them around in the week of no rain. Maybe the lack of rain has allowed the bugs to fly and crawl, giving the spiders a reason the start "webbing". The two spiders that I have always been told to watch out for are the black widow and the brown recluse. Both of these can give a vicious bite, and potentially deadly.
The brown recluse is very rarely found in California, but can be found in the mid-western states, especially Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. The black widow however can be found here in California. Both spiders have relatively painless bites but,
In a few hours, the bite starts to hurt and the skin swells. The victim can also show nauseas and slight general pain. Just in a few cases the bite of a brown recluse spider can get infected and cause temperature or destroy the red corpuscles and, eventually, a surgery in the affected area must be needed. In the most serious cases caused by the bite of a black widow, some people can suffer from breathing problems and perspire. However, both bites have slight consequences and the symptoms decrease on their own in a few days. Thank goodness!
Spider Bites? Check out this site: California Poison Control
Now that we have covered some of the pleasantries...
How about a short black widow video?
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