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<blockquote data-quote="Rustem" data-source="post: 455809" data-attributes="member: 7264"><p>Its a wasp. Theres a ton of different species of wasp in Texas that can mess anyone up, badly.</p><p></p><p>Pesis wasp, with its natural prey the tarantula for a size comparison:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/sanandres/photoshop%20gallery/Invertebrates/images/Tarantula%20Hawk%20Wasp%20(New%20Mexico%20State%20Insect)%20-%20Pepsis%20formosa%20and%20Tarantula%20-%20Aphonopelma%20chalcodes.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>People compare its sting to being shot with a .22.</p><p></p><p>Sphecius wasp, or cicada killer, in a child's hand:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://saltthesandbox.org/cicada_hunt/more_killers_hand_35.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Also increadably painful, and I can tell you that one from experience. </p><p></p><p>Spider bites are very very uncommon, but you should have whatever it was looked at. If youre having nerve issues (shortness of breath, twitching, issues focusing your eyes, etc) it might be a black widow. If it doesnt hurt but swells like a mother, or you have darkening skin around the bite, it might be a recluse. Those are both big mights, though. </p><p></p><p>Probably a wasp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustem, post: 455809, member: 7264"] Its a wasp. Theres a ton of different species of wasp in Texas that can mess anyone up, badly. Pesis wasp, with its natural prey the tarantula for a size comparison: [img]http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/sanandres/photoshop%20gallery/Invertebrates/images/Tarantula%20Hawk%20Wasp%20(New%20Mexico%20State%20Insect)%20-%20Pepsis%20formosa%20and%20Tarantula%20-%20Aphonopelma%20chalcodes.jpg[/img] People compare its sting to being shot with a .22. Sphecius wasp, or cicada killer, in a child's hand: [img]http://saltthesandbox.org/cicada_hunt/more_killers_hand_35.jpg[/img] Also increadably painful, and I can tell you that one from experience. Spider bites are very very uncommon, but you should have whatever it was looked at. If youre having nerve issues (shortness of breath, twitching, issues focusing your eyes, etc) it might be a black widow. If it doesnt hurt but swells like a mother, or you have darkening skin around the bite, it might be a recluse. Those are both big mights, though. Probably a wasp. [/QUOTE]
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