> At 1:15 PM -0400 5/26/01, NATURNUT_at_aol.com wrote:
> >Mark-
> > That bite sounds like some kind of a water spider bite. There are
many
> >different species of "water spiders" that will give you one heck of a
bite,
> >and they would crawl up a seine pole like that, as well. Thats not to say
it
> >was a spider for sure, I'm just judging it on my experience with insect
and
> >spider bites. Hope it didn't hurt too much, some of the water "bugs" can
> >really draw blood (ex. giant water beetles)
> > ___Dan Marshall, MI
>
>
> Now, that's an interesting idea. Are these actual spiders (arachnids) or
> some other kind of arthropods? I've had worse stings from bees and
madtoms.
>
>
> Mark
> Columbus Ohio USA <))><
> mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com
>
>
>
>
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