What great protein, though, right? I men, I don't know about the poop, but the spiders seem like they would be healthy.
Really though, it's another reason to drink whiskey. It ensures that everything that goes into your stomach dies quickly before it can lay eggs or whatever.
No worries. Whatever insect/mite/spider you eat gets killed quickly because of the proteases in your saliva and oesophagus; plus your stomach is a very hostile environment; nothing can survive there. There is no arthropod-based parasite I know of that actually uses your digestive system to gain entry into your body.
I was drunk via whiskey when I wrote that. I think I was just more pro-whiskey at that particular moment than anti-digestive parasite.
We just returned from Uganda. I thought it was going to be hot. It wasn't. That's because the parts we went though - Entebbe, Kampala and the West - are highlands - at elevation. It was weird behind at the equator - the temp was in the 70's. I don't remember seeing any spiders. Maybe the temp this is the reason? No guarantees though! I'm sure they are there. But, the place isn't crawling with them like in the Amazon.
My recommendation would be to go to the zoo and spend time looking at the critters behind glass. This is a technique called "flooding". Of course, you will not be cured. (I'm still afraid of swimming in the ocean.) But it is a totally safe way to reduce the hold it has on you. (Just finished my first triathlon last weekend.)
BTW, the Gorillas in Uganda were one of my life's peak experiences. To be so close to a whole family of Gorillas for a full hour was just fantastic.
My 2 cents,
Darren