Is this spider poisonous? - Page 1
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author: Muny
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 05:01:24 pm
content: I've read somewhere that spiders with vibrant colors are more likely to be poisonous. Can anybody attest to this one?

author: CM800
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 05:17:07 pm
content: Not as bad as the DIP spiders, I got bitten by one on the floor, left a really nasty bite.

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 05:27:21 pm
content: Is it from Australia?

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 05:31:41 pm
content: It depends on if you used lead-free solder or not, when making it.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 05:54:22 pm
content: Careful with them on a bed, they tend to leave little babies around that bite you as you are sleeping later.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 07:38:52 pm
content: Quote from: Muny on June 19, 2016, 05:01:24 pmnot directly, but the aftermath are disastrous:1) burn mark everywhere on the skin if you dont handle the iron properly2)http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/10-results-sleep-loss3) lots and lots of wastage of man hours when you realize it its too late already.and many more...

author: The Soulman
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 08:46:23 pm
content: Quote from: TCWilliamson on June 19, 2016, 05:17:07 pmYep they also tend to stick to your foot, note there are two different DIP species, bench and floor.The benchdips are pretty harmless, its the floordips that bite! Ouch!

author: KMoffett
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 19, 2016, 10:15:03 pm
content: You need an IC (icky critter) trap.Ken

author: Muny
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 20, 2016, 01:02:26 am
content: Quote from: KMoffett on June 19, 2016, 10:15:03 pmHoly shit that's good xD

author: juanfermed
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 20, 2016, 01:22:26 am
content: To be 100% sure, you should check in the records some people investigating these type of spider have made. In the past I have seen those spiders have some symbols like "written" over them, you can look for those symbols in google and find what those people call "datasheets". The datasheets will tell you minimum, typical and maximum poisoning level. Be careful since, from spider to spider, there can be one that is "out" of the minimum and maximum, since those might be statistical figures and not guaranteed levels... you know, all that biology stuff is so complex.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 20, 2016, 02:57:02 am
content: Didn't Ben Heck get bit by one and turned into an artist with some EE knowledge?Quote from: TCWilliamson on June 19, 2016, 05:17:07 pmAnd if the DIP spiders seem bad enough, check out DIP centipedes. They seem to be pretty common in Arduino land.

author: LaserSteve
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 20, 2016, 04:14:04 am
content: The bite of the ceramic shelled "Military" really hurts. These have distinctive repeating marks that look like an L an M and a series of fives, usually three fives.

author: Heartbreaker
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 20, 2016, 09:10:32 am
content: A long tome ago in the late Jurassic-ear, there lived a creature like no other. It was the DIP-64. A creature so enormous that it has been unseen neither before nor after. Its internals was so regular that it was later called orthogonal. It lived in a rather peaceful co-existence with C14 based lifeforms, mostly due to its sheer size. Although peaceful, reports shows that it had a very feared bite, especially when stepped upon or suddenly removed from its habitat.The DIP-64 habitats were shared with other similar creatures competing the same resources as the DIP-64. Natural selection made its job and the DIP-64 became extinct, succeeded by new denser species that ran hotter and with faster heart rates of both similar and competing origin./SverreThe DIP-64 - from the 68k wiki page, the rare Thomson-68k

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 20, 2016, 09:24:29 am
content: A DIP-64 in its natural habitat:-Pat

author: Heartbreaker
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 20, 2016, 10:03:48 am
content: Quote from: Cubdriver on June 20, 2016, 09:24:29 amOh, an early specimen, best identified by its ceramic exoskeleton. I didn't know that HP herded them, though./Sverre