Tarantula bite leads to death and gangrene

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 1997 Mar-Apr;63(2):125-6.

Abstract

Chilobrachys hardwikii-giant black hairy spider bite produced two deaths, one case of gangrene of the foot and urticarial rashes in another person in a remote village of Churulia 30 km from Asansol.