Can you guess what's biting me?
I've been getting a few extremely itchy red bumps, very much like mosquito bites, but they are not mosquito bites because they follow the pattern that chigger bites do: they're not on exposed parts of my skin, but instead under my clothing. It seems that something small is leaping onto me and then crawling until it finds itself confined by clothing, then settling down to bite. The bites aren't like chigger bites, though.
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posted by artistic verisimilitude
on Mar 20, 2013 -
17 answers
Found this guy while cleaning out my shop, and, for the Pacific NW, it was a fairly impressive beast. I'd say, across the legs, it was roughly the size of a 50 cent piece.
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posted by maxwelton
on Feb 11, 2013 -
6 answers
Kitchen Cleaning Gurus of MiFi: What's the best way to clean 1) oily gunk from between the handle and the netting of my all-metal spider, 2) a colander/strainer? Tips and tricks requested!
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posted by Diablevert
on Jan 21, 2013 -
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My dad tells this story about a very, very weird "spider bite" he got as a kid, but it doesn't sound like any spider bite -- ever. What could this have been? Alien implant? Ringworm? Disgusting details inside.
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posted by Miss T.Horn
on Nov 24, 2012 -
11 answers
Do you have any recommendations for the tough job of removing spider poop from vinyl siding?
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posted by Toekneesan
on Oct 13, 2012 -
7 answers
What percentage of a spider's energy diet is spent on spinning web?
posted by curious nu
on Oct 7, 2012 -
2 answers
[NameThatBug Filter] Please help me figure out what this little bug is that I found on my bed this morning (and hopefully put my mind at ease!).
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posted by sabotagerabbit
on Oct 1, 2012 -
11 answers
Just curious, but what is
this spider?
It's thorax/abdomen/head is altogether the size of an almond.
posted by MansRiot
on Sep 30, 2012 -
6 answers
I've had two weird similar incidents that appear to be
bug bites/stings. I have lived in Minnesota all my life, including in the far northern rural area, and never had anything like these. You are not my doctor, but maybe you've had similar issues and have an idea of what is biting/stinging me?
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posted by superna
on Jul 25, 2012 -
16 answers
How do I cope with the fact that there is very likely a large spider running free in my apartment.
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posted by HMSSM
on Jul 2, 2012 -
19 answers
What spider is
this? Also, we sucked him up in our Dyson vacuum which is currently out on the deck... what do we dooooo?
posted by Nickel Pickle
on May 7, 2012 -
18 answers
Over the past week or so we've had an influx of spiders, mostly in the second floor of our house. As near as I can tell, they're comprised of daddy long legs and
[ARACHNOPHOBE TRIGGER WARNING] these guys. I was hoping some of the more knowledgeable among you could help me identify this species and advise whether we should seek professional help. I'm also curious if anyone has any tips on how to minimize the spider population indoors (unfortunately, peaceful coexistence is not an option due to the feelings of some members of the household).
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posted by stufflebean
on May 2, 2012 -
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What is the most effective procedure for removing these ghastly spider veins from my left thigh? Short-shorts season is upon us, and now this is on my mind... Lasers? Sclerotherapy? I am 31, female.
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posted by cejl
on Mar 20, 2012 -
5 answers
What is the best way to get access to a thesis published in 1966 in L'Universite Nancy Faculte des Sciences, France?
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posted by dhruva
on Jan 6, 2012 -
15 answers
Help me save Mabel, my new spider plant, who is not adjusting to my apartment very well at all.
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posted by pazazygeek
on Jul 8, 2011 -
10 answers
I recently ran across this little lady on my garden hose in my backyard in Milwaukee, WI. She moved very quickly when she wanted to, but mostly just tried to stay out of the sun. I
snapped a
couple pictures. She had a small white spot on top of her abdomen.
posted by Slinga
on Jul 1, 2011 -
4 answers
Who is the screaming woman in the
Samsung Infuse 4G commercial? The commercial features two men and a woman. The red-headed woman mistakes the image of a spider on the phone for the real thing and completely, utterly, totally freaks out. Her blood-curdling screams are fantastic. She looks a lot like Karen Gillan, but I really doubt Ms. Gillan has time to duck out on the doctor to shoot commercials.
posted by arkham_inmate_0801
on Jun 27, 2011 -
6 answers
How to preserve photos from scrapbook that was kept in very suboptimal conditions?
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posted by eleanna
on Jun 16, 2011 -
7 answers
So I think I got bitten by a spider two nights ago on my shin. What should I do about it, if anything?
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posted by cerebus19
on Aug 21, 2010 -
14 answers
I have a pretty specific set of questions about what might've bitten the hell out of me while I slept the other night.
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posted by Rudy Gerner
on Aug 10, 2010 -
13 answers
ArachnidFilter: What kind of spider is this
fairly large, long, orangey spider that my friends found in their hotel room on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina? It's kind of blurry, and there's not much in the picture for help with scale (it's on the edge of a roll of toiletpaper), but I have faith in you hivemind!
posted by ThePants
on Jun 23, 2010 -
5 answers
When I was 5 I brought a spider back from the dead. Or so I'm told. A long story inside...please tell me what REALLY happened.
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posted by bodgy
on Jan 1, 2010 -
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Periodically (maybe a couple or few times a year), I wake up with something on my face that seems like a bug bite. Nothing dramatic; it itches a bit, raises a small welt and then heals.
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posted by Morrigan
on Oct 13, 2009 -
11 answers
Why was the spider removed from the movie poster for Arachnophobia between the theatrical release and the video release?
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posted by toomanyplugs
on Sep 25, 2009 -
3 answers
Spider identification. Outside my ground floor window a spider has set up shop in a corner. It's an orb weaver, but it does something I've never seen before.
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posted by sevenless
on Sep 3, 2009 -
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I'm trying to identify this jacket or windbreaker I saw someone wearing. It was black, with a large red spider on the back.
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posted by paperclip
on Mar 6, 2009 -
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