Australia’s poor innocent white-tailed spider is being blamed for causing ulcers again. This time, it’s a pregnant woman from New Zealand having a go at the spider. Renee Peck said she had two surgeries, spent seven nights in hospital and will need a skin graft from what she claims could have been a bite from the Australian white-tailed spider. Peck had been bitten by a white-tailed spider in the past and said she saw a spider she believed to be another one on her bed before being bitten. People who get a white-tailed spider bite should wash them well as some medical studies suggest that cases of blistering ulceration reported after bites may be due to a secondary bacterial infection of the wound.

Source: Stuff January 16, 2023 12:36 UTC