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Originally Posted by kipperfan
When I first got to Brisbane I woke up one morning and it felt like there was something sharp underneath my calf, lifted my leg up to brush it away and it was a small spider! I realised the little guy had bit me, but wasn't too worried, he was small and the "bite" was just a small blistery looking thing. Within two weeks the "blistery looking thing" literally turned into a hole in my leg the size of a twoonie in diameter and a half an inch deep, I had a hard time walking for the better part of 2 weeks - 3 months later it's just now scabbed over and healing.
Long story short, kill all spiders with fire, ALL OF THEM!
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Then you would have discovered a new species of spider as there are no necrotic venom spiders known to Australia.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Spider-bites-and-venoms