An email hoax describes the attacks by the South American Blush Spider in public toilets. The alleged spider's scientific name is "Arachnius gluteus", where "arachnius" is a made-up word intended to mean "spider". and "gluteus" is a reference to "buttocks" ("cf": gluteus maximus). The hoax spider shares some characteristics with the two-striped telamonia "(Telamonia dimidiata)", and there is an updated version of the hoax using that name for the spider's species, with the rest of the text left unchanged, except for details such as locations. This hoax began in 1999 and has since spread to social media where it continues to circulate.