![]() ![]() Genuine spider bites in this situation are possible, but very rare. Currently MRSA bacteria (see this article) are among the leading causes of alleged "spider bites." The minority that are really bites are caused by bloodsucking insects such as fleas, bedbugs, kissing bugs, lice, or assorted flies less commonly by mites or ticks. Skin bumps and sores noticed in the morning are generally caused by non-bite disease conditions: see this article for a partial list. True spider bites (which are rare events) occur when a spider is trapped inside clothing or when someone foolishly puts a hand or other body part in a spider habitat without looking, or even more foolishly slaps at a spider that is crawling on them. Trichonephila senegalensis (Banded-legged Golden Orb-weaver) 3 pictures. Trichonephila fenestrata (Hairy Golden Orb-weaver) 9 pictures. When pressed on from above, the spider may reflexively bite what it is standing on: the sheet, not your body. Steatoda capensis (False Katipo Spider) 5 pictures. Being crushed against a bedsheet by a human body just doesn't work well as a biting scenario (despite what everyone thinks) because spider fangs are underneath the spider. If you roll over onto a spider, most likely the spider will have no chance to bite. Spiders have no reason to bite humans they are not bloodsuckers, and are not aware of our existence in any case. If a spider does get on a bed, usually no bite will result. Not every night! If you take elementary precautions like not letting the blankets or bedspread touch the floor or walls, the incidence of spiders on the bed will be effectively zero. Here are some facts: Unless you are sleeping on the basement floor, a spider might wander onto your bed as often as twice a year. Even some physicians, who really should know better, accept it! I have no idea how this belief originated, but it is quite false. (No, I didn't see any spider, but what else could it have been?)"įact: The notion that "if you didn't see what bit you, it was a spider" is (to me) one of the strangest of the widespread spider superstitions, already well established in 1901 according to a medical article published then. ![]() ![]() Myth: "A spider bit me while I was asleep. ![]()
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