I have allergic reactions to spider bites. A few years back one bite grew a brown tumor which appeared suspicious so it was biopsied. The lab results indicated that I had a malignant growth spreading under my skin and only a few weeks to live. Two specialist later, it was decided that I might have other symptoms if I were about to die and in fact it was an allergic reaction. I kept the lab report for my scrap book.

I love spiders. Not sure why but I carefully put them out of harm's (cat's) way. Last year I had a huge spider in a web just outside my front door. The web was spectacular especially when misty with dew. Hopefully, her family will return. There were thousands of tiny babies when the egg casing opened. Don't know about poisonous spiders in Maine.

But did anyone ever read the scifi classic "Prometheus Plague" ( or is it spider?) Firefly type roaches that start fires, communicate with each other and plan attacks. Burn every major city in the US to the ground. Great stuff.