DANGEROUS - MAY BITE AND COULD BE LIFE THREATENING
The spiders listed below have been known to cause
death or give bites that are classed as dangerous or life threatening. However,
there is an antivenin available for the Black Widow which is the
spider most likely to have caused deaths in the United States.
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showing the location of some of the dangerous spiders found in the
USA.
Brown Widow - Lactrodectus geometricus
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Green Lynx Spider
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Peucetia viridans
Huntsman Spider - Heteropoda venatoria
Wolf
Spiders - Lyosidae, Genus Lycosa
Common United States Spiders