diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm
index 2a6ed28e6e5..a85e0ebb42e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/white.dm
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 	icon_state = "terror_white"
 	icon_living = "terror_white"
 	icon_dead = "terror_white_dead"
-	maxHealth = 100
-	health = 100
+	maxHealth = 200
+	health = 200
 	melee_damage_lower = 5
 	melee_damage_upper = 15
 	move_to_delay = 4
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 			if(!ckey)
 				LoseTarget()
 				walk_away(src,L,2,1)
+		else if(prob(25))
+			visible_message("<span class='danger'>[src] pounces on [L]!</span>")
+			L.Weaken(5)
+			L.Stun(5)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/poison/terror_spider/proc/IsInfected(mob/living/carbon/C) // Terror AI requires this
 	if(C.get_int_organ(/obj/item/organ/internal/body_egg))
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/parasites.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/parasites.dm
index 3d1917fe258..71ecdc41139 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/parasites.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/parasites.dm
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@
 			to_chat(owner,"<span class='danger'>Your spider bite wound hurts horribly! </span>")
 			if(istype(get_area(owner), /area/awaycontent) || istype(get_area(owner), /area/awaymission))
 				awaymission_infection = 1
-		if(15) // 30 seconds... enough time for the nerve agent to kick in, the pain to be blocked, and healing to begin
+		if(15) // 30s... enough time for the nerve agent to kick in, the pain to be blocked, and healing to begin
 			to_chat(owner,"<span class='notice'>The pain has faded, and stopped bleeding, though the skin around it has turned black.</span>")
 			owner.adjustBruteLoss(-10)
-		if(60) // 2 minutes... the point where the venom uses and accellerates the healing process, to feed the eggs
+		if(30) // 1m... the point where the venom uses and accellerates the healing process, to feed the eggs
 			to_chat(owner,"<span class='notice'>Your bite wound has completely sealed up, though the skin is still black. You feel significantly better.</span>")
 			owner.adjustBruteLoss(-20)
-		if(120) // 4 minutes... where the eggs are developing, and the wound is turning into a hatching site, but invisibly
+		if(90) // 3m... where the eggs are developing, and the wound is turning into a hatching site, but invisibly
 			to_chat(owner,"<span class='notice'>The black flesh around your old spider bite wound has started to peel off.</span>")
-		if(150) // 5 minutes... where the victim realizes something is wrong - this is not a normal wound
+		if(100) // 3m20s... where the victim realizes something is wrong - this is not a normal wound
 			to_chat(owner,"<span class='danger'>The black flesh around your spider bite wound has cracked, and started to split open!</span>")
-		if(165) // 5m 30s
+		if(110) // 3m40s...
 			to_chat(owner,"<span class='danger'>The black flesh splits open completely, revealing a cluster of small black oval shapes inside you, shapes that seem to be moving!</span>")
-		if(180) // 6m
+		if(120) // 4m...
 			if(awaymission_infection && is_away_level(owner.z))
 				// we started in the awaymission, we ended on the station.
 				// To prevent someone bringing an infection back, we're going to trigger an alternate, equally-bad result here.