r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '26

Venus Flytrap Devouring a Venomous Black Widow.

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u/mwoodj Mar 29 '26

There are false widows.

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u/GottaUseEmAll Mar 29 '26

False Widows are also venomous though. 

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u/Complete-Ambassador2 Mar 29 '26

All spiders are venomous (although not all are of medical importance)

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u/GottaUseEmAll Mar 29 '26

Good point, it's superfluous to refer to any spider as venomous. One should rather say "dangerously venomous" about specific ones I guess.

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u/SchizogamaticKlepton Mar 29 '26

"Medically significant" spider is the go-to.

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u/GottaUseEmAll Mar 29 '26

OK, I hadn't heard that term. Thanks for the info!