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RE: Tegenaria agrestis
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Helsdingen, P.J. van
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Apr 26, 2009 23:44 PDT
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The whole story is a HOAX. The species is as harmless as other
Tegenaria's.
Peter van Helsdingen
P. J. van Helsdingen
European Invertebrate Survey - Nederland
European Invertebrate Survey - International
National Museum of Natural History
Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, Netherlands
P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
tel.: (0031) 71 56 87 413 or (0031) 06 51058720
fax: (0031) 71 56 87 456
E-mail: helsd-@nnm.nl <mailto:helsd-@nnm.nl>
http://www.naturalis.nl/eis <http://www.naturalis.nl/eis>
http://www.european-arachnology.org/reports/fauna.shtml
<http://www.european-arachnology.org/reports/fauna.shtml>
P denk aan het milieu - dit mailtje printen is niet altijd nodig
"There is grandeur in this view of life" (Darwin 1859)
Van: Yann Evenou [mailto:y.ev-@wanadoo.fr]
Verzonden: zaterdag 25 april 2009 12:45
Aan: arach-@topica.com
Onderwerp: Re: Tegenaria agrestis
FWIW T. agrestis bites are a non-issue here in France, although the
species is quite common in rural areas. I think a comparative study of
the bacteria present in the mouth region of specimens in Europe and in
the USA could be of interest in this case.
Cheers,
Yann Evenou
----- Original Message -----
From: Zach Valois <mailto:OutLande-@yahoo.com>
To: arach-@topica.com
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: Tegenaria agrestis
Thanks guys,
I myself become overwhelmed with spider identifications this time of
year here in Utah. Every other person thinks their home is infested with
brown recluse spiders or what not. I had been curious about true
toxicity levels of T. agrestis.
thanks Rick
Zachary J. Valois
Salt Lake City, Utah
Z_Va-@yahoo.com
--- On Fri, 4/24/09, Rick West <rickc-@shaw.ca> wrote:
From: Rick West <rickc-@shaw.ca>
Subject: RE: Tegenaria agrestis
To: arach-@topica.com
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 8:34 PM
Hi Kelly,
I didn't notice your posting on this forum until after it was
sent. Please excuse the
previous typos everyone (corrected below). I suspect Robb's
email was not noticeable
in the reply. I recommend you contact him directly at;
Robb.B-@gems6.gov.bc.ca
Hope this helps, Rick
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From: Rick West [mailto:rickc-@shaw.ca]
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:09 PM
To: arach-@topica.com
Cc: Robb Bennett (Robb Bennett)
Subject: RE: Tegenaria agrestis
Hi Kelly,
Allow me to refer you to a local authority on T. agrestis - Dr.
Robb Bennett. The majority
of local spiders brought in by paniced arachnophobes aren't even
capable of penetrating
human skin with their bite. Of those that can, its believed
that bacteria around the mouth
and fang region may be responsible for many of the neucrotic
lesions seen in patients.
These people may be more sensitive to particular bacteria that
enter the bite site ... if it
was, in fact, caused by a spider at all.
Cheers, Rick
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