Author Topic: What Spider had the Deadliest Venom? (Read 1988 times)

SLCR · « **Reply #15 on:** April 19, 2004, 03:51:38 PM »

I don't know how deadly this Camel spider is but it would make me sheet my pants!

Sent to me from a friend in Iraq.

-SLICER

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 19, 2004, 04:32:01 PM »

Probably a normal house spider but it's yaws are too small to affect any human.

majic · « **Reply #17 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:23:00 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Swoop, that's not the bug I'm referring too.

Hence why I said a Daddy Long Legs is different in each region.

Yeah, none of those pics looked like a daddy long legs to me. I'll see if I can dig up a pic of what i know as one.

Edit:

Not a good pic, but a good description.

Here's a pic:

Nash · « **Reply #18 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:42:43 PM »

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Originally posted by SLCR
I don't know how deadly this Camel spider is but it would make me sheet my pants!

I can't get over that pic. That thing is shrecking NASTY! Who cares about venom? Prolly more tourists have died of a heart attack from seeing this.... thing.... than as a result of any spider bite.

Prolly a delicacy in some parts though...

NUKE · « **Reply #19 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:47:56 PM »

Nash I agree it's nasty, but it's 2 of them and the scale appears to be distorted by the camera distance . It appears to me that they are the most forward objects in the shot and maybe 2 inches long by my guess.

The pic makes it seem like it's an Alaskan king crab or something.

Nefarious · « **Reply #20 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:50:21 PM »

If it's one thing I hate it's Spiders...

Jeez, that camel spider is going to give me nightmares!

Looks like the Baby Alien from the movies...Is that two spiders biting each other?

Morpheus · « **Reply #21 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:51:07 PM »

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Nash I agree it's nasty, but it's 2 of them and the scale appears to be distorted by the camera distance . It appears to me that they are the most forward objects in the shot and maybe 2 inches long by my guess.

ROFL... Couldnt agree more...

I hate spiders. I smash them everytime i find one.

A few years back I was bit BAD by what the doc thought was a spider. (unsure of which kind)

I hate them. The are sick, sneaky little bastiges.

Worse than snakes... Screw spiders.... Geesh the though makes me cringe:mad:

Nash · « **Reply #22 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:54:17 PM »

lol, good spot!

Heh... with a different cropping that dude could get his palm read.

The spider looked to me to be about a foot and a half.

Nefarious · « **Reply #23 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:54:49 PM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
Nash I agree it's nasty, but it's 2 of them and the scale appears to be distorted by the camera distance . It appears to me that they are the most forward objects in the shot and maybe 2 inches long by my guess.

The pic makes it seem like it's an Alaskan king crab or something.

I think there a little bit bigger than than 2 inches...Maybe just a little bit bigger, but still.

Big enough to scare the crap out of me.

You can see his sleeve cuff and it looks like he's got them by a set of pliers.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #24 on:** April 20, 2004, 12:04:21 AM »

If someone reposts that GD pic of those GD Camel spiders again I swear I will send a crate of Brown Recluses to said logged IP.

Like many of you I ruttin' HATE arachnids of ANY type.

I actually tried to watch Arachnophobia one time. Worst movie decision of my life.

If someone reposts that GD pic of those GD Camel spiders again I swear I will send a crate of Brown Recluses to said logged IP.

Like many of you I ruttin' HATE arachnids of ANY type.

I actually tried to watch Arachnophobia one time. Worst movie decision of my life.

I grew up with the harmless non-spider Daddy Long Legs and they don't bother me at all. OTH I also grew up with "true" banana spiders and to this day they scare the crap out of me. There was a field across the street from my house that had a creek running through. It was mostly overgrown with brush and trees. As a kid my friends and I would "explore" down by the creek every chance we had, especially in the summer. The worst feeling in the world, that I have ever known, was during these "explorations" we would at some point walk through a brushy area and feel the tension of a spider web we had unknowingly walked through in our hair or shoulders. It could only be one spider. The nasty evil looking black and yellow stripped banana spider. You have never seen anyone run as fast as we did when that happened. Or as loud.

deSelys · « **Reply #25 on:** April 20, 2004, 07:00:29 AM »

We don't have to fear much from spiders in Belgium. Lots of them, but mostly small and their venom is mild.

I'm no specialist, but I think that one of our 'nastier' species is this one (called épeire diadème):

You'll see those very often, the adults are usually 2 cm diameter(with legs), I've already seen some individuals around 3.5 cm.
Being bitten by an adult is far from being life threatening but can lead to fever, swollen limb and great general discomfort for 2-3 days.

Our biggest spiders are around 5 cm diameter but most bites aren't worse than a wasp sting. And if I'm right there are no allergy issues with spider venom.

A couple of years ago I was really afraid of spiders. Then I bought a house which turned out to be 'the Spider's Palace'! Dozens of fresh webs in the basement and we regularly see those critters running around in the rooms. Well it did a lot to calm my fear. I won't leave one running on my bare arm but I don't flail hysterically anymore when that happens... I rarely kills spiders now, I try to put them outside instead. And I must say that their web makes useful mosquito netting in the summer, as we leave near a big pond...

Angus · « **Reply #26 on:** April 20, 2004, 07:57:50 AM »

Are there any Spiders venomous enough to kill a human with just one bite?
Anyway, the most venomous creature on the planet is some Aussie Jellyfish, can't remember the name. A touch will kill you within a minute or so,,,yeaccchhhh

Bluedog · « **Reply #27 on:** April 20, 2004, 08:04:47 AM »

Yuk!! I too hate spiders!
But here's some food for thought.....those little bastards actually do a lot of good.
Did you know that the combined weight of the insects on planet Earth far exceeds that of the combined human population?
If it werent for all the spiders eating vast quantities of those insects, there may just be that many insects that the combined human population weight wouldnt be a hell of a lot anyway. We'd all die of starvation.
Same goes for snakes with rats and mice.

Blue

The jellyfish you mean is probably the Box Jellyfish, and a Funnelweb bight is fatal if you dont get antivenom rather quickly.
I allways thought the most toxic/venomous creature was that Amazonian frog....the one the pygmies use the poison from to tip their arrows. It's bright red I think.

BTW anyone ever hear of an African spider that injects an aneasthetic and eats your flesh while you cant feel it?

gofaster · « **Reply #28 on:** April 20, 2004, 08:11:06 AM »

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Originally posted by Nefarious
Is that two spiders biting each other?

Its one spider getting its backside chewed off by another spider (literally).

ravells · « **Reply #29 on:** April 20, 2004, 08:14:50 AM »

What are those white things hanging off the abdomen of the bottom spider? They look like the plastic price tag tabs you see on clothes.

Ravs