North America’s Most Venomous Spiders Are Shocking. #4 is a Lot More Common Than Many Think!

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For many people, spiders are their #1 fear in the world. This is something that has been conditioned in them since they were young. They were taught that if they saw a spider they were supposed to snuff it out with a napkin or paper towel for fear that if they didn't that spider would end up in their bed.

Plus, in multiple horror films (usually crapfest movies, but still), spiders get cast as the main antagonist. They are huge on screen, and they kill endless amounts of people all the while leaving nothing in their wake. Of course, this giant tarantula runs rampant all over the town, all the while wrapping people up in their webs to save them for a later meal (here's looking at you Ron Weasley and Frodo).

Jokes aside, thankfully most spiders aren't dangerous, and most spiders (including those big tarantulas) aren't a threat to humans. However, there are many kinds of spiders that have resulted in many people having a phobia of spiders.

After all, the venomous spiders can bite, and for the very unfortunate, some of those bites even lead to a terrifying death sentence.

Matter of fact, check out the next page for some deadly and horrifying creepy crawlers in North America you need to stick clear of. #4 is actually very surprising! 

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99 Comments

  1. Steve Shock said:

    Geez. More bad information on the Brown recluse. It has been some time now since the medical community faced the fact that those involved in arachnology have known for quite some time. The bite of Loxosceles reclusa is nowhere near the threat that the hype would have us believe. The vast majority, if not all, of the cases of severe tissue loss that were attributed to recluse bites were actually misdiagnosed cases of infection. Cutaneous anthrax, necrotizing fasciitis, and others. There have been very few deaths attributed to their bite, and most if not all of them were likely misdiagnosed as well. I wish people would do some research before posting this out-of-date, wrong information.

  2. Christopher Rabenberg said:

    Interesting fact… sometimes these things sneak in with the Banana’s at Hy-Vee. They usually just call Augustana’s biology department.

    That’s why I’m never working produce.

  3. Michael Barber said:

    And I’ll be you every single one of them lives right here in Mohave County Arizona.

  4. Jeff Sneed said:

    Most venomous spider in the world is Grandaddy Longlegs. Fangs are just to soft to bite mammals.

  5. Steve Shock said:

    That would be wandering spiders, not any of these. Maybe the Brazilian wandering spider depending on where the bananas came from.

  6. Steve Shock said:

    That would be wandering spiders, not any of these. Maybe the Brazilian wandering spider depending on where the bananas came from.

  7. Christopher Rabenberg said:

    They said they where tarantula’s in the whole 3 time’s it happened. But a Funnel Web DID make his way into a Chicago-area super-market a few years back.

  8. Steve Shock said:

    Max Campbell. Sorry Max, I’ve been keeping and studying spiders and scorpions for 40 years. I knew more about this 30 years ago than you ever will. I could post numerous toxicity studies and related news stories but you wouldn’t bother reading them since you obviously didn’t spend even a few seconds checking this out before posting.

  9. Maegen Gauden said:

    OK well thanks for creeping me out this morning!! Luckily none of those are what we have seen

  10. Sam Wilson said:

    All I’m saying is I watched one of those brown bastards night my uncle and rot a hole in his leg, som umma keep my distance

  11. Steve Shock said:

    Sam Wilson. I don’t know you so I can’t accuse, but none of the stories about severe tissue damage from recluse bites have proven true.

  12. Savas Lichounas said:

    f**k that!! And if that then is creepy fast ohh hell no ill break out the butane torch

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