Author Topic: What Spider had the Deadliest Venom? (Read 1987 times)

2stony · « **Reply #75 on:** April 21, 2004, 11:35:56 AM »

"Until it meets the dreaded Brazilian banana spider!"

We don't get those in Western Washington. I think the deadliest one we get are agreesive house spiders.

Rip, do you know of any deadly spiders in our neck of the woods?

AKcurly · « **Reply #76 on:** April 21, 2004, 12:25:49 PM »

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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
Probably a normal house spider but it's yaws are too small to affect any human.

Well, it should get off the rudder.

curly

Steve · « **Reply #77 on:** April 21, 2004, 12:42:24 PM »

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You quoted a link which said that the toxicity of the European DLL is "uncertain". It isn't

This isn't what you called me wrong on at all. Tell the truth! Don't try to change things around so you can win an argument.. a little honesty from you would be nice.

You said the following quote was wrong:

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The whole daddy long legs thing is a myth... derned things don't have poison at all.

You even quoted it yourself. Well, the North American DLL indeed has no poison. In a later post, I went on to discuss the differences betwixt the European version and the N.A. version.

Again, my comment that you said was wrong said nothing about the European DLL.

AKcurly · « **Reply #78 on:** April 21, 2004, 12:42:45 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!

Sent to me from a friend in Iraq.

-SLICER

Nah, urban legend. It's a phony image. Go to
http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

They even have the same photo.

curly

Toad · « **Reply #79 on:** April 21, 2004, 12:46:49 PM »

I think it must be Goremanius Floridianius.

After nearly four years you'll still have a bitter taste in your mouth if bitten.

AKIron · « **Reply #80 on:** April 21, 2004, 12:49:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Toad
I think it must be Goremanius Floridianius.

After nearly four years you'll still have a bitter taste in your mouth if bitten.

LOL

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #81 on:** April 21, 2004, 01:15:57 PM »

OMG. I hate bananna spiders so much. I boat a lot. And those little things really like to spend time on boats. They're freakier then heck.

They have 4 legs they keep stabile. The other 2 pairs touch eachother and extend forward.

*SHUDDER*

beet1e · « **Reply #82 on:** April 21, 2004, 02:46:44 PM »

Steve
Yes you did go on to differentiate between the American & European, but you said this:

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Originally posted by Steve However, in Europe the name Daddy long legs applies to a different animal entirely that actually is a spider: Pholcus phalangioides.

Comments on it's toxicity: Uncertain; not aggressive and probably too small to cause illness in humans.

Can be found at this link:
http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/508.htm

Hope this settles it for you.

Steve

You gave the Latin genus name for the Euro DLL and immediately added the comments about its toxicity. Maybe your source is wrong. But I know from more than one source that the DLL (and admittedly I didn't know there were different versions therefore assume I was being told about the Euro one - Euro TV) that the DLL (Euro) has very potent venom.

Rude · « **Reply #83 on:** April 21, 2004, 04:18:58 PM »

While this little spider may not kill you....friends have told me they wish they were dead as it's bite is brutal and very painful.

Take a lookie see at the photos

Oh My!!!!

Cobra412 · « **Reply #84 on:** April 21, 2004, 08:56:04 PM »

Curly those aren't fake by any means and though they aren't deadly they are agressive and they are fairly large. I know cause I've seen them first hand. And it's not by any means unheard of that 2 of them get into it like that. You can see one is clearly latched on to the hind quarters of the other one. Some of the stories are urban legend but I've ran into those and they are by no means small at all.

Take a close look at the top right and you'll see he's holding them up with a pair of pliers. They are really close to the camera but you can judge their size by the pliers. I've seen one about that large in Kuwait, it's not a fake photo.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #85 on:** April 21, 2004, 09:02:55 PM »

TEH NINJA SPIEDER HAS TEH DEADLEIST VENAM!!!!

Steve · « **Reply #86 on:** April 21, 2004, 11:08:55 PM »

This little girl is outside my front door in my entry way. It's a bit of a close up but this BW is rather small, a little bigger than a quarter. Larger ones have a much bigger abdomen but still don't get much bigger than a .50 piece (leg span)

NUKE · « **Reply #87 on:** April 21, 2004, 11:19:26 PM »

The black widow is common in Arizona. I used to toss little pieces of plastic into their webs and watch them run out and put their huge fangs throught the palstic.

Their webs are SUPER strong.... a garden hose with a spray nozel will not effect it at all and when you walk through one, you know it's a widow web.....very spooky, as they usually are in their webs.

The good thing about widows is that they pretty much stay in their webs.....

Nice pic Steve

I think the Black Widow is one of the most creepy looking spiders.

Steve · « **Reply #88 on:** April 21, 2004, 11:24:23 PM »

Thanks Nuke... stay to the right when you come to my front door

NUKE · « **Reply #89 on:** April 21, 2004, 11:31:12 PM »

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Originally posted by Steve
Thanks Nuke... stay to the right when you come to my front door

you should go stomp on that thing.....you don't want it laying eggs.

I had an infestation about 5 years ago.