Can a spider lay eggs in the human skin?

Answer 1

Not to freak anyone out including the would be experts but yes is the correct answer. This didn't happen to a friend or a friend of a friend . Its not something I heard through the grapevine. This happened to me while I was living and working in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. It started as something that resembled a zit until it grew to an unbelievable size with a white head the size of a dime. The pain in that part of my chest was excruciating. It even pained me to raise my right arm. All those stories you hear about clear liquid instead of puss and dozens of micro Spiders crawling about? That's what happened. I got up to go to work and while shaving realised my wound had flattened and I was covered in tiny spiders. I don't remember being bitten and the thing popped in my sleep. But I still carry a nice scar on my chest and it creeps me out to know it wasn't just the worlds biggest zit. I had my roommate bear witness and it completely grossed him out. I was checking the internet to find out what kind spider it was. Was I surprised to find so many would be experts denying this can even happen. Just thought I'd clear the air.

Answer 2

Arachnids are mostly predatory organisms.

Feeding on insects, small reptiles and amphibians, and a few that feed on small birds and fish.

There are also a small number of parasitic and saprophytic varieties, but the likelihood that any spider would enter a human vagina is extremely low. The temperature, moisture and Ph inside a vagina wouldn't provide favorable conditions for them.

Answer 3

No, there is not a single spider known to man with an ovipositor (the bodypart that places the egg) adapted to lay eggs under the skin of a living animal.

Some spiders lay eggs in dead insects, so when the spiderlings hatch, food is readily available.

There are however other arachnids (mytes) that can burrow into skin (usually the sole of a foot when the animal treads on the myte) and reproduce there.
No. They lay the egg sag within the web.

Answer 4

No they can't. They need oxygen to breath. So for instance if a person should swallow them, not only is there oxygen in your body for them to breath but the acid in your stomach can kill them. People swallow bugs all the time and nothing happens.

Answer 5

There is no scientific or medical literature that contains proof of spiders laying eggs in a human. Spiders do not find the human body a suitable environment for their eggs.

Answer 6

No. There are certain worms (In Africa) which do this but not spiders

Answer 7

No, but small spiders or smaller creatures can.

Answer 8

A spider would drown or suffocate inside your body. It is not equipped for that sort of habitat.