That’s Probably Not a Spider Bite

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Unless you saw the spider bite you, that swollen, bite-looking lesion on your arm is probably something else, and blaming it on an innocent 8-legged critter might do more harm than good. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7468.html http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74149.html http://www.derm.city/single-post/2017/02/22/NOT-RECLUSE%E2%80%94New-mnemonic-to-prevent-misdiagnosis-of-skin-conditions-as-spider-bites http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pcreclusespiders.htm https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef631 https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/29/brown-recluse-pest-management-tips-for-the-spider-thats-not-as-common-as-you-think/brown-recluse-range-map/ https://escholarship.org/uc/

Published 2019-10-31 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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