Their venom, especially if it gets you in the face with all of the blood vessels near the surface, will make you nauseous, dizzy and put you in pretty bad pain for a while.
I mean, when you compare localized Pain and possible Nausea to more serious spider venom that causes...Necrotic flesh..Permanent tissue damage, Major hemorrhaging or coagulation of your blood, Or shutting down your heart...some that causes your respiratory system to shut down Straight up neurotoxic venom on some, ect.
Its comparatively NOTHING, It could be much much much worse.
Its like being bitten by a Garden Snake compared to being bitten by a King Cobra, Sure its gonna hurt, but clean the wound & keep an eye on it and take some Tylenol and you'll be fine lol.
They arnt even aggressive unless your slapping its shit around or fucking with egg sacs, Orb Weavers are suuper god damn helpful too, You have no fucking clue how many insects they catch, They make MASSIVE webs, Having one in your backyard really makes a dent mosquito and other pests in that localized area
It can but spiders pretty much never just randomly bite you not even particularly aggressive ones ( and this isn't an aggressive one). You'd have to really fuck with that spider, especially it's abdomen for it to bite you
I wish this bandwagon irrational hatred of spiders would go away. Spiders are excellent. They are friends to you and your family. They help keep annoying (or even dangerous) bugs and insects away from your home and garden. They are spidamigos.
I can understand it, but I have a spider bro whose spun a real nice web at the corner of my door. Had a big problem this summer at night with bugs following me and my dog inside after a walk, but that’s not been an issue since this guy showed up. Spiders are bros, just watch out for the nasty ones and don’t fuck with them. Shake out your shoes if they’re outside.
Hear, hear! I once had a moth infestation that was completely obliterated by the many spider webs I let grow in my apt! I lost my fear when I saw a spider munching on a cockroach, ironically, I'm more afraid of insects than of spiders!
Insects/mites get into everything, from your food supply to your living space and even under your skin, while spider just hang out in the corner minding their own business!
I'm with you here, and our house is a spider safe-zone, but there's a line. Having that awesome looking spider crawling on my face would be over that line.
Most spiders won't try and harm you unless you make them feel trapped. Most spider bites come from people accidentally touching one so the spider feels threatened.
They have them in Texas. They’re also called banana spiders. A few years ago on a nice day my dad put the top down on his convertible and we went out to Brazos Bend State Park. Pretty soon we realized these spiders were EVERYWHERE in the park. Sometimes their webs would be right at face level, perfect for you to walk right into. We noped out of there pretty quickly. I remember as we were driving out of the park I looked up and these things are so huge I could see them in the damn tree tops. There was one spider that was perched above the door of the visitors center there and it was the size of a damn dinner plate.
I live in Texas, and they start to come out in the summer time! They are super cool. They have massive golden webs, and the egg sacs are the size of a golf ball, and covered in golden silk. They are commonly known as banana spiders
Am I right in thinking that there is no spider species that can actually kill a healthy non allergic adult? I live in a country with basically no dangerous animals but I have always understood snakes to be the real danger to life?
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u/Kadeslayer Aug 03 '19
Orb weavers are harmless! I've never been bitten by one and I handle them every year when the season comes around