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10-FEB-2007

Telamonia dimidiata (Two-Striped Telamonia)

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Email hoax

In 2002 , the spider became the subject of an email hoax claiming that it was a fatal spider found lurking under toilet seats in North Florida. This hoax was a rehashing of an older email circulated in 1999 with similar claims, except under the name "South American Blush Spider (arachnius gluteus[sic])" - literally "butt spider". It has also been found that similar email hoaxes(details of original changed here and there) has been found in other parts of the world claiming that the same thing happened in that country. No such events ever occurred.


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amit 19-Apr-2009 16:08
hello sir i have catched one of this spider .........plz plz contact me.....my number is 09335070771
Guest 03-Apr-2009 16:49
there is an antivenom and yes
jan jan 15-Oct-2008 15:14
yea i got an email too from my aunt saying people at olive garden died from them...they look nasty and dangerous?? they say its a new spider but i wnt to know when it came about ??.....
Guest 19-Apr-2008 03:36
Chris
This is an e mail hoax. There have been no such deaths. Research the spider name on Google and you will see. Don't worry though...we all thought it was real at first LOL!
chris 16-Apr-2008 23:48
is there an antivenom for the bight from these spiders cause i just recieved a email from my step mom who notified me that these are now here in the us and that there in the same city that i live in in fact 5 people have died from being bittin within a short period of time pretty close to where i live
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