Oregon Poison Center wants help in tracking biting spiders

Oregon Poison Center is trying to get a better understanding of spiders in the Northwest that are dangerous. They are asking Oregon residents who actually see a spider bite them to send in the spiders for analysis. To contact the Oregon Poison Control center call 800-222-1222, of course medical advice will be available as well. Within a few days of a report, an investigator may call back and ask for if the reporter to be involved in the study.


More specifically, researchers are interested in the hobo spider. Researchers just aren't sure which spiders classified as dangerous actually live in this region and are determined to find out. The only dangerous spiders that are known to be in Oregon are the black widow and its cousin the brown spider. Either way the center wants the spiders dead, even if they are smooshed. So here's your chance to participate in a quite interesting study.