[tracilicious]

I've been bitten by an Arizona Desert Recluse (cousin to the brown recluse). It was not fun. I didn't get very sick, as it was on my ankle, but I do still have a scar. A friend of mine got bitten on her stomach and was sick for nearly a month. It ate away at her flesh and she still has an indent about the size of a silver dollar under her belly button.

So I have no fondness for brown recluses, but I do love me some bugs. (As long as they aren't crawling on me or hopping around!)