Is a huntsman spider dangerous?
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In general, Huntsman spiders are not regarded as dangerous. There are however reports of members of the genus Neosparassus (formerly called Olios) giving bites that have caused prolonged pain, inflammation, headache, vomiting, and irregular pulse rate. It is unclear under what circumstances these spiders bite people, but it is known that female members of this family are quite brave in defending their egg sacs and their young.\n\nHuntsman spiders is a common name given to the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae). These spiders are found in Australia, New Zealand, South-east Asia, the Middle East in areas near the Mediterranean Sea, Florida and Hawaii in the US, and quite possibly in many other tropical and semi-tropical areas.
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I would like to have the ability to detect danger.  Kind of like a "spider-sense".
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Don't listen to the others well you can if you want to but whatever!I would leave them even though i'm afraid of spiders it's a rear chance of getting bitten by them.Oposed to mosquitos thos are deadly for too many bites well thats my opinion!whats your's please pick me for best answer!!!!!
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Get that thing checked, some spiders are dangerous..\n\nNot to freak you out, some spiders will just give you a swelling and some discomfort and leave you alone with it...\n\nHowever only very few are lethal, or their poison can bruise up your body and well I think it kills your tissue.. So you bleed internally... Until you finally die or just bleed out and you have blood all under your skin which will soon end up on your bedsheets and such..\n\nJust get it checked, unless if you know the type of spider that bit you..
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Spiders are scary because they are creepy, crawly...just the thought of them crawling on someone usually makes them freak out.  Plus some of them are poisonous, so it is natural to be afraid of them.  I would wonder why you love them.  As in, you love to eat them, love to look at them, or what?  Maybe you just enjoy being different.  I don't like spiders (especially on me), but I don't hate them (they eat mosquitoes and I hate mosquitoes), and I admire spiders, they are cool arachnids.
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Actually a highly venomous spider after death would not be wise to touch. A dead bee if you touch the stinger you will be stung and injected with venom even though it is dead. A poisonous spider would be one that is fatal to eat. The word poisonous and the word venomous in regards to animals have two separate meanings.
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I really wish people wouldn't just guess at answers. I know you want the points, but can't you find a question asking for an opinion rather than facts?\n\nYes, all spiders have venom. Spiders can not eat solid food and rely on their venom to liquefy their prey so they can swallow it. All spiders are venomous, without exception.\n\nFortunately most spiders don't have venom that is dangerous to humans. A bite from most spiders has about the same effect as a wasp sting, assuming it can even break the skin.
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It's the herpyllus vasifer spdier - and ... I recommend this website - I'm terrified of spiders and can't research this one for you - sorry!
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There are black widow spiders in Wisconsin, and most likely there are also brown recluse spiders.\n\nBlack widows are black with a red hourglass on the underside of their shiny bodies. The Brown Recluse is another spider that is poisonous that you must be on the lookout for. It has long, skinny legs and is about one-half inch long overall. Its entire body is brown, except for a dark, violin shaped mark on its head.\n\nI believe these are the only two species of poisonous spiders in North America.
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LOL, you're talking about a Daddy-long-legs. It's a spider. They usually cluster up in massive groups around water during the summer. Go to a rest area in a park sometimes. They'll be millions of them.\n\nBut never fear, they don't bite, though they are poisonous but their fangs are too fragile for humans. Boys usually scare girls with them in school- I did! \n\nWarning: Don't smash them. They stink when you do!
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Black Widow Spider\nThey spin irregular webs in crevices and other dark, protected spots.The female's bite, poisonous to humans, is followed by local pain and swelling, nausea, and difficulty in breathing and is sometimes fatal. \n\nBrown Recluse Spider\nIt spins a sheet web that may be found in secluded areas among rocks or in houses. The bite causes a long-lasting sore that involves tissue death, and severe reactions to it may become life-threatening.\n\nCrab Spider\n Crab spiders do not spin webs to trap prey, but hunt on the open ground or on vegetation or flowers. In this, they resemble other free-living spiders such as jumping spiders and wolf spiders.\n\nGo to my source 4 pics
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If you're talking about what I think you are, then it is not dangerous at all. It can spray a nasty vineger stuff to scare off predators, which would hurt if you get it in your eyes. But the only thing that really needs to be afraid of that is a cricket.\n\n\nHeh, sorry, wrong picture. I was in a hurry to get to school. So yeah, it sprays from a gland at the base of the tail. It's called a vinegarone, or sometimes a whipscorpions. Whipscorpion can sometimes give you the wrong thing though, like the picture I gave earlier. Try the other link or look up some more.
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Any spider with a "fat round body" as you put it, is most likely a garden spider family Aranaeidae. These are the very commonly spiders that build large round "typical" webs between bushes, trees and on people's front porches. They are very effective at catching and killing large flying insects, so let it be, it'll do more good than evil. None of these spiders are venomous to people, most (even the big ones) arent even able to deliver a bite, so no worries, hope this helps!
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More imformation would deffinently help. It is pretty much impossible to tell from the info you gave. What do you mean octagon spider? Does that refer to the web? Some helpful info would be the color, size, and shape of the spider, the shape, size, and location of the web, and where you found the spider (state, country, ect.). Any other information would also help. \n\nAnother thing to consider is that all spiders (other than a small, rare family) have venom. It is unlikely that they are very harmful, but again, I would need more information to say that for sure. Try a field guide (library is a good place to look) and see if you can find what kind it is, then research that one. If you want, post some more info here, and I will try to find it.
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No. Probably not, but some people think they are now:\n"Spiders are the dominant terrestrial carnivore," said Ward Wheeler, curator in the division of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and lead investigator for the U.S. $2.7 million Spider Tree of Life project. "They are all predators—they have a huge influence on the ecosystem."\nFrom:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1031_031031_tvspider.html
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It's a really common thing to be scared of. It's called Arachniphobia (fear of arachnids). I'm 27 years old, 6' tall and 220lb... and will scream like a little girl and run away if I see a spider.
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spiders of all kinds and sizes