How accurate is National Geographic?

[Vespula]

I can't vouch for video accuracy, but I have to admit, The footage of her laying eggs was impressive!

 

[hupababy83]

This old argument. They brought in a spider specialist, that was visiting HSU. He was in humboldt, at the university, investigating the "sitings" of brown recluse in the wild. He confirmed the bite and the wild recluse.

Nice completely pointless thread necromancy/fluff post that is completely irrelevant.


How exactly did you determine the bite you received to be from a recluse? If I am wrong, forgive me, but assuming you live in California you did not get bitten by a wild recluse* in California.

* - A medically significant species, an isolated population of L. laeta exists but has not resulted in any documented or known bites.

 

[What]

This old argument. They brought in a spider specialist, that was visiting HSU. He was in humboldt, at the university, investigating the "sitings" of brown recluse in the wild. He confirmed the bite and the wild recluse.

What was the name of this "spider specialist" how did he manage to "confirm" the bite other than identifying the spider claimed to be responsible?

Read this, please, I know it likely will have zero effect on your opinion, but whatever. This is worth a read as well, as is this, and perhaps this.

 

[hupababy83]

Sir, I only know what was told to me by my father and doctor. I was about 8-9 users old. I don't know name of "specialist" that was many years ago. I remember brown recluse, because I was always warned about them constantly after that. Now I am new here and don't want to cause argument, debate, or try to change anyone's mind. I was just giving my thoughts.


Respectfully,
Betty Mae Scott

 

[myrmecophile]

Odds are at best it was one of California's native Loxoceles species, not L. reclusa.