These are the Most VENOMOUS Spiders in the US 

At least he’s not like the Coyote dude and let’s them bite or sting him intentionally

​@st0neman574 coyote Peterson has never taken a bite from something considered "deadly." Jwow has taken bites from a brown recluse, and a black widow. Maybe a couple others on this list, i just don't remember off hand.

Stupidity at its best. Study them ... BUT leave them alone.

I think the “Widow”🕷️spiders are classic looking elegant,beauties. I got a spider bite from a “Huntsman” that was a burning & itchy welt bite The pain from the bite was over within a day. Next phase was weeks of weeping ulcerated wound. & it took weeks to heal & I still have a deep scar. (So not deadly but no party)😬

This guy has huge balls fondling these killers

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Lol

Lolol based step madre

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“Identifiable by the hourglass marking that indicates your time is at hand.” -Obsidian Entertainment

I used raid away on like 10 black widow’s not too long ago

​@thewanderer5124 Raid is good stuff. I use different ones on moths , cockroaces and spiders etc.

I'm rural, Glades fla.. never seen a red widow but I've been bit by the black & browns, not a big deal (to me).. best response is nature, let the purple/black mud dauber wasps get em, they'll wipe em out

Ive only encountered 2 with such webbing, the widow as you mentioned. And this weird garden spider i found once black with yellow rings around it. That web was like steel

Late reply cause been grinding on edits this week! Got that Florida trip coming up soon with Jack so I'm getting ahead to make sure I don't miss any posts. You're doin great removing those spiders! Kinda like when I was bartending and used to relocate spiders from the restaurant, people would watch with held breaths. So funny. Shirts are shipping out soon, I've got em finally just been derailed abit with scheduling and workload. Stay tuned!

Yep! Super interesting stuff.

Absolutely. If given the choice, I'll take a black widow bite over a venomous snake bite anyday.

adult snakes almost never give their full dose of venom, the baby snakes on the other hand are more likely to kill because they DO give it all they got if they are scared. I wonder if this applies to spiders as well...conserving venom

How to tell if a snake is venomous: Red next to yellow kills a fellow!

@@R.Oates7902 that is for the coral snake, Rattlesnakes have no red or yellow ;) nor do copperheads or cottonmouths. Those are the 4 dangerous poisonous snakes in the US natively.

I heard that as well with so called non venomous snakes. Seek medical attention anyway, you can still get a serious bacterial infection.

I call cap on your father being a biologist. And if he is... he never told you that. And if he is... and he did tell you that... he's a terrible biologist. Because everything you just said is absurd. The cytotoxin in their venom is what causes necrosis, not bacteria. While their venom does something similar to something like staff infection, it's not caused by bacteria. It's caused by the cytotoxins, which is exactly what staff bacteria uses... Same with cotton mouths. It's their venom that causes necrosis, just like most other pit vipers. It is most definitely their venom you need to worry about. Not some bacteria in their mouth. You're spreading dangerous misinformation, because someone that gets bit might think they don't need to go to the hospital, and can just clean the bite, when that is most certainly NOT the case.

Even a “harmless” scratch from a cat can go south very quickly, But I urge people to not live their lives in fear, just to take proper precautions and visit a doctor even if you don’t think there is any danger. It’s exceedingly rare to die from a spider bite in the US unless you have a pre-existing condition. I studied zoology as well, funny enough at University of Florida. Medically significant animals don’t want to waste their precious venom, used for food, on humans. They only bite if they think it’s their last resort and that their lives are threatened…so if you don’t make them feel their lives are threatened, you won’t get bit. In my years on the field handling many Florida native and non native creatures, I was only ever bitten by an animal once. It was a banded water snake- and they are feisty so it’s almost a right of passage to get bit by a water snake. I was handling it while trying to capture it. Since they aren’t medically significant I wasn’t being as careful because I didn’t care if it bit me. It’s pretty much guaranteed that you will from them. Still, I disinfected the wound and dressed it, and kept a close eye on it. (I won’t count the hundreds of anole bites…since they are little more than a gentile pinch.lol)

This is incorrect. The venom IS absolutely what you need to worry about. Sure, good idea to wash ANY bite due to bacterial infection, but that is in no way your primary concern.

the problem is people often don't even know they've been bitten until long after the actual bite

Horrible!

That's awful! It's a horrible way to go!

How sad. Brown recluse are so dangerous!

There was a young girl, about 20-25 years ago that was bitten by a Brown Recluse. She was about 10, if I remember correctly from the news report. Her mom noticed a nasty looking sore on her back when helping her wipe her back dry with a towel after a shower. They took her to the ER but she died a few days later. Are you sure nobody has died from them?

RIP friend, I spend a lot of time in Barstow near calico. Thanks now I’m scared to go into my storage shed 😳

Glad to have you either way!

yes same!!

Maaan, I like you don't like them things. But like learning about them.

You've never seen jumping spiders?? 😅

I’ve made myself learn more about spiders to try and conquer my fear. I didn’t want to pass that fear to my kids.

So glad to have helped!

They're usually pretty reluctant to bite. The one red widow that bit me seemed to be a weird anomaly, black and brown widows are really docile for the most part.

Henry creel? Is that you

No but he is- common sense

A spider fanatic. No one else would ever do this I hope.

He knowledgeable in what he is doing and can handle the situation appropriately. We are not and rather enjoy from a distance 👍

@@nubannub8108 I was just doing some light research, I wouldn't say I enjoyed it as much as I just tried to learn from it. He can continue being himself with his spiders and I'll maybe consider watching more when I feel fit.

I laugh at it too, figured people would enjoy it 😂

​@MyWildBackyard I loved how the "shock" reaction only lasted a split second, then attention returned to where the cheeky spood was and if it was okay.. and also the curiosity of how you'd biologically react. I know you said you had to be calm as a racing heart and adrenaline wouldn't be helpful, but the "oh, interesting!" scientist part of you was so cool to see!

How sick did he get?

@@libertarianman69 watch the video

I was bitten on the lip by one years ago. It put a hole through my lip you could fit a q-tip through. They seek moisture, so they can be drawn by the moisture in your mouth during the night when they are active. I had to be hospitalized, mainly due to the location of the bite and extent of the infection. Infection + brain= ☠️

@@SN00PICUSeww it went in your mouth and your never woke up yikes

My uncle was bitten by a brown recluse and it almost rotted his leg off. He was member of a holiness church that didn't believe in doctors or medicine.

Knee. I remember for a few days it hurt so bad I couldn’t sit in class, could feel the blood inflame the area every time my heart beat. Had to drain it often, and the white puss was disgusting. It was very painful, but I was at the time still young. 10, I’d say. Doctor gave me some antibiotics, and in time it healed fully.

I have a feeling that the bacteria various brown recluse bites carry is probably more responsible for severe cases of necrosis than the venom itself. Of course, there are various levels of venom that can be injected and it’s logical to presume that’s a factor in determining how bad a brown recluse bite reaction can be. The thought is that the more venom that gets injected during the bite, the more blood vessels that then get damaged; thus the more likely the surrounding tissue is to die. But if the brown recluse is carrying a bacteria like staph or if a really bad bacteria later gets introduced to the wound, it’d almost undoubtedly advance the case of necrosis; don’t you think? Because not only is the tissue being deprived of oxygenation/blood flow due to the initial blood vessel damage from the venom, but now there’s bacteria that’s destroying more vascularization in the affected area and/or infecting the cells that are now receiving decreased circulation due to the disrupted blood vessels. Essentially, the bacteria would either further destroy vascularization in the area or proliferate due to poor circulation and thus immune modulation; instigating more tissue damage. So, it’d make sense that the absolute best thing one can do is to regularly wash the bite area and keep new pathogens from being introduced, apply something topical like bacitracin, and perhaps even have a doctor prescribe broad-spectrum oral antibiotics at the very first sign of necrosis or if someone is at an increased risk for developing an infection, like in those who are on immune-suppressing drugs or chemotherapy. I wish we had more studies on the bacterias found in necrotic regions of brown recluse bites and a more detailed history of how various patients dealt with their initial bite. This way we could see some real data on what actually makes certain cases of brown recluse bites so bad and find ways to better predict what someone’s risk level from a bite is. I just have serious doubts that one in ten of brown recluse spider bites ends up necrotic simply because one of the ten brown recluses released more venom than the other nine, or because one in ten people just happen to have a stronger reaction to it for some odd reason. Anyway, it’s awesome that you’ve recovered! The human body is so resilient. It sounds like you did the right thing by caring for the wound. God bless!

My high school friend ended up in the hospital for 3 weeks because of a bad reaction to a recluse bite. He’s got scarring on about 3/4 of his forearm now.

​@wearehiddenservices5573 True. I knew a guy that almost had his hand amputated due to a bite. It was extremely swollen

I know a guy at my work who lost part of his foot to a brown recluse bite

I’m in Ohio and I’ll tell ya what, I got bit in 3 places and it was the worst pain I’ve ever experienced, a crushing sensation

Bad reactions are a thing although not common. More likely caused by lack of medical attention. Had a friend with a brown recluse almost die because he didn’t treat the wound for a week. The nurse at our high school knew that he was bit and was showing symptoms like sweating, vomiting, dizziness. When he didn’t show up to class on Friday, the nurse called his house to check up on him and found out he was at home on deaths bed. His dad took him to the hospital and told him he had hours to live if they hadn’t brought him in. (Context: he’s a massive idiot, one of the stupidest people I know)

I had to have skin grafts to my hip. The brown recluse caused necrosis down to the bone. It was gross to look in the hole but it actually didn’t hurt. Probably because it was dead down to the bone. The cure on the other hand. 😳.The scrapping to get to the healthy tissues…ouch.And then saline in the wound.

@@thaismatsumoto Yea seen my dad go through it with his foot, was like 7 yrs later but I don't think the virus was completely killed, he lost his foot, but they blame his diabetes, evenly his life ended, and they said they don't know why he passed away, said it was unidentified virus that killed him, which I'll be honest was in 2018 right before COVID breakout. They are not exactly sure what killed him, but I know what it was

​@@jkii1105sorry for your loss 🕊️

@@kellycook3914 Thank You, your so kind. Death is a part of life, why I accept it now rather than later. Seen death take so many family and friends. I'm not saying that people shouldn't care, cause it's how we honor those who have passed. I'm a strong believer in God and Jesus, it is a commandment to honor the father and the mother. Again thank you for the kind words it takes time to heal, I miss him, but then I don't lol, if you only knew my dad. With the way he went, he went when he decided on it, wasn't like it was all of a sudden, he was ready to go, I can imagine the pain he was in. So I don't always look at death as a bad thing, knowing my dad was in so much pain. For the hospital to say that he died of infectious disease, which I said "unknown illness", so I'm correcting what I've said, which can be anything when it comes to "infectious disease". My father was a minister and does scare me at times thinking about his dreams he'd have right before he passed. I'd go to get a drink or something to eat, and my dad would be asleep on the chair, he would be saying while he's sleeping, he would say "the gnashing of teeth". Reading scripture, Luke 13:27-28 But He will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity. ' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. Part where says gnashing of teeth is what gets me, cause this is what he was saying. After reading scripture and a better understanding, I know why Jesus is needed. It's within my honest opinion reading scripture, we all go to Hell after death, for we all are like filthy rags on our best days and even the saints are in hell, it's a place of holding, till judgment. This is why it's important to pay attention to dreams. I also can't believe that we all go to heaven in Jesus , if this was the case then the rapture wouldn't be needed, scripture does talk about a rapture when anti Christ revels himself. Those who have not sought out God and repented, do it now, for the time is close, and remember to pay attention to your dreams, and also to question the spirit, make sure they are of God. Examine yourselves and make sure you are in the faith look up and lift up your heads cause your redemption draws near.

​@@thaismatsumotowas the spider in your father's shoe?

Yep! One of my subscribers edited that page a while back when I posted the video of the full bite. Crazy stuff

Sometimes the babies will colonize. But adults usually go off on their own. But a good hunting ground is a good hunting ground.

​@@cambuxton6835BS ...recluses don't have "nests"

How about lizards and geckos

Could you do a video on the huntsman spider in florida? Ive only seen it once, but man was it intimidating

Come in France for the velvet spiders !

Cover bears. It seems to me that the most dangerous animal in the US is the bear. We’ve seen numerous stories and evidence of people attacked by bears and they most often die. I would contend that with these stories that bears are the most dangerous. How would you cover them? And would you get close to one? Maybe in a controlled situation. But I would love to see you do something different like this. They range from Florida to Alaska. It would be a cool voyage for you. I know you cover spiders and reptiles, but your channel is My Wild Backyard. And for almost anybody in rural US or woodsy US these animals are seen in backyards. In Florida where you live bears are often seen in backyards. So that’s why I think it would be cool and a great change of pace and content for you.

I want to see what happens if they test the Florida Funnel Web Spider. It might end up being one of the deadliest spider in the world. I'm surprised you didn't talk about it in this video. Maybe next time. Lol. Take care big man and stay safe. Love the video.

Yeah they have a very distinct, menacing look

It's alright! This kinda stuff happens. They really are super neat spiders nonetheless. And fortunately the stories about sac spiders being dangerous are myths so that's not something to worry about

I was skeptical of the dangerousness of bites of sac spiders, so I once forced one to bite me on the hand. It wasn't too bad at all. Like a mild bee sting, with few seconds of burning pain, then mosquite bite-like itching for a while. It was tentatively ID'd by me as yellow sac spider.

A sac spider bit me 2 weeks sick like tick fever or malaria symptoms.. 4 days out cold and intensive care … Not fun ! Small red blisters on my foot while sleeping ..

That's a big target for me next month! Gonna be down in Florida with my buddy Jack, we're targeting ogre-faced spiders pretty hard along with a few other really special invertebrates!

@@MyWildBackyard awesome!!

Yay!

What part are we talking about because I live in SoCal 😩😭

An italian saying goes „ragno porta guadagno“ meaning „spider brings profit“ and it‘s also said that if you don‘t have any spiders in your house, THAT‘s a thing to worry about…

I think the prevalence of spiders may be why we don't have bedbugs in the south

Knowledge is power. I intentionally leave specific spiders in my home. Wolf spiders, celar spiders and funnel weavers in my basement. Jumping spiders i leave throught as they are friendly, curious and great hunters. In my area where the Recluse is prevalent, ive never seen a Recluse in a house with these other species as they are prey to them.

So glad you enjoyed!

Especially the Brown Recluse. They will leave holes where they bite you, and could potentially spread to further out from the bite, scarring for the rest of your life.

Do u guys have dangerous spiders like u.s.a

@@jeffdemick8216 Honestly, no not really. We have a couple that bite but they are compared to like a bee sting and not lethal

There has been one recorded death from a False Noble Widow spider in the U.K. & several cases of people losing limbs.

So glad you're enjoying!

Thanks so much! Glad to help!

I catch & release them too! They arent really bad creatures at all.🤭

I catch and release, but will still use a cup and a piece of paper...🤣 You are much more brave than I!

Here are a few reasons why your friend was not bitten by a brown Recluse. 1 Connecticut is well outside the range of the recluse. 2, As mentioned in the video, the venom acts identical to a staff infection. The clue is, your friend works in a hospital where people are much more likely to acquire such an infection on a small wound. 3, they don't know where they were bitten, meaning they don't even know they were bitten, which means they weren't. It was a work related infection 100%

@@jasonstewart8363 Makes perfect sense, accept he was working on an antique organ in his house. There were brown recluse spiders identified in the organ after he was bitten. He did go to several doctors and originally they thought it was Lyme disease. Ultimately it was determined to be the Brown Recluse and he took several of the spiders to be identified at a nature preserve in our town. We do have Brown Recluse spiders here in CT. Not uncommon at all. He did develop the traditional ulcer type wound and it had to have a surgical intervention.

@@ggolds5 Its possible if the organ was imported from another state. Inside a wood organ would be something they would like. However Entomologists say they don't live there. Missidentification is much more likely.

@@jasonstewart8363 He got the organ at an antique store in Northampton, MA. One state away. They were identified locally by a very reputable guy who has run a nature preserve for over 50 years. He also is an expert in bugs. Teaches classes on them. The bite , ulcer, quite disturbing to see, was classified as a recluse bite. I don't know much more than that. I do know Brown Recluse spiders are NOT uncommon in our state of CT , as are Black Widows which I have seen.

Thanks so much as always man! I really appreciate all the support. Can't wait to get out and look for critters again!

Thank you so much!

My friend’s nephew just died from a bite. Not a creature to take lightly.

​@@Basketball069bullshit

​@@Basketball069No, he didn't.

No long term effects! I actually want to do a one-year update in a few months, as part of a deep dive into red widow biology! From what I've been able to gather from the anecdotal reports I've been able to hear, like with Australian widows red widows only cause chronic symptoms if they give you a HUGE dose of venom. Pinch and release bites like what I got are usually a rough couple hours but nothing too serious. I would imagine, like with the Australian species, antivenin would stop the chronic symptoms for the red widow as well, but again so few cases we don't know for sure.

I would like the update and deeper dive into Red Widow biology.

@@MyWildBackyard Thanks a lot, all this knowledge is really appreciated!

I watched a video about spiders and this lady was bitten by a brown recluse spider. The wound wouldn't heal so she had to go into a special oxygen room. Poor lady had to spend so many hours per day or week and it went on for years. Still don't know if finished. Crazy eh

@@davidm3maniac201 yeah, I don’t know what it is about their venom that causes the skin to continue to necrotize for so long. My doctor had me put a gel made with nitroglycerin and antibiotic on the wound. Apparently nitroglycerin helps increase blood flow in the damaged skin and promotes the growth of new tissue. I imagine if you have circulatory issues, it could cause problems like the one you describe. I don’t mind most spiders in the house, but brown recluses do not get to live under my roof…if I find them…

That sounds about right for North American recluses. My good friend Jack experienced about the same when he tested the bite (on purpose of course, why are we like this?)

You're catching on! Little things like that help a ton. Will Bundle of Basil be the next RU-vid sensation with these insider secrets? Only time will tell....

@@MyWildBackyard And I got that one for free! 😂 I'm sure there are lots of details that I don't even register. I will have to keep these things in mind!

Thank you!

I was moving a customer in Virginia about 20 years ago I remember they had unmowed grass not too high but when I got home I noticed this swelling around what looked like an insect bite I was told that there were a lot of brown recluses in that area The swelling lasted at least a month but went away😢

@@Phredbo Your lucky.

Lucky! I’m hoping to see some this fall

That's awesome! I've recently gotten more comfortable around them as well. I adore bumble bees!

I'm proud of you!

@@Bonanzababe I live in Sweden, but like I said or explained about my brother living in Idaho and Ohio (like I apparently wrote) so people of course got confused but after talking to him this weekend it became clear that he had funbled around with hes hoodie so not only did he have a bad, bad reaction to the Recluse bite but he appeared as wanting it to stick him, like he told me he had said what are YOU doing in my hood and swiftly put hes hand in the hood and in the dark of the hood and the totally strange envoirment (4 the Recluse being that IT IS reclusive species it bit him and it was both in the hand and after on the back so I dont know if he was doing acrobatics with the poor Spider but now as I earlier wrote he has to have a nurse come everyday but NOT two times a day anymore cause the Dr said that u must have a great immune system built up in Sweden before u came here cause the necrotic bite(that it became) they dont ACTUALLY know that most of us will get some necrotic skin condition after a brown Recluse bite...I know my brother is big, he went to study there on a football scholarship so he wasnt used to checking hes clothes for potentially lethal spiders. Just wanted to update u, but no words on the actual Spider. No, but he could've died and that is my brother, and I got him when I was 2 years old so u do the math. Thanx4 an aaaaalways exciting channel and great episodes. Just one Q Spencer, are u University bred enthomologist?? Cause I have a REAL BIG Q HERE: Which cuckarachas are the hardest to get rid of and if U've just got em and put out these sticky traps could u actually you, yourself turn things around?? I think its German cuckarachas we've got but since we put out the traps and keep it neat & clean, couldnt we handle this with traps if they havent built up a whole community that is?!?! Havent seen one on the floor now for two weeks but the traps are some are, quite full but they emitt this foul stench/odor that U just caaaant stand! Pls Spence, try to answer my Question. Thanx for exciting and learning us mortals of both they're danger but also they're necessecitity in nature(NOT the cuckarachas but could I release a black widow of some other sort of Spider that actually will eat the cuckarachas?!? Or is it just replacing one pest with another??!?

Very concise and informative. I love your straight-forward no “frills” approach.

Honestly we've dropped the ball so hard in schools. I was ALMOST a high school biology teacher but then Covid hit and I decided to put everything into RU-vid and see if I could make something of myself. Gamble paid off, and I get to both teach the next generation and engage my creative side!

Same with me. I live in middle Tennessee and every now and then i'll spot one in certain areas of my house (depending on the time of year). I release bugs I find in the house back outside (moths, daddy longlegs, etc) but recluses get the napalm treatment with no effs given.

​@@chrisw1555 A knew a guy that almost had his hand amputated because he was bitten by one

There are a few research papers on it, but most diagnosed recluse bites are not spider bites at all. They are MRSA. When tested, drs got the id wrong half the time. Another one showed that most bites come from places that don't have them, and there are no evidence there were. When spiders are found, they are almost never recluses. It's enough that when one is, it's a big surprise.

​@@SUGAR_XYLERCheck out Jacks World Of Wildlife. He did a video on the BR and jt turns out that the most important thing to do when bitten is to wash the area and keep it clean because it's not so much the venom that will cause necrosis but how it interacts with other bacteria in the bite zone. My best recommendation when putting yourself at risk for a bite whether it be working in a shed or doing yard work is to always carry a small vial of 195 proof Everclear. Drip it on the bit continuously until you can clean it properly then continue with everclear and peroxide.

I'm actually on the lookout for yellow sacs for this very reason! The hype around them is actually entirely false, so I want to do a bite test to prove it! Stay tuned, it's gonna happen.

@@MyWildBackyard I'm looking forward to it!

@@MyWildBackyard I get yellow sac spiders in my house all the time, would love to know if their reputation is deserved as well!

The yellow sac (Cheiracanthium) has mild venom, granted, but as with most spiders with cytotoxic venom, necrosis is a risk if bitten in areas with xerosis. These poorly made half studies that claim very low risk of necrosis never take in consideration that most bites occurs in areas of our skin that are robust and healthy. A person bitten on dry parts of the skin, such as the side of the feet, greatly increase the risk of necrosis. The older a person the greater the risk.

I can imagine.

They look a lot alike because they’re related! Wandering spiders and wolf spiders are part of the superfamily Lycosoidea, same with fishing spiders and a few other groups! Makes them all look very similar.

😂

I dunno I'd still take my chances with a recluse, widows are NO fun

@@MyWildBackyard Wow really! It seemed like yeah, it's astronomically bad pain, but only for like 24-48hrs. Whereas the recluse bite seemed to have symptoms for a really long period of time and the risk of necrosis. That really freaked me out! But hopefully I'll never have to worry about either 😱

​@NairaWolfGaming I'd also say the brown recluse bites are worse.

@@NairaWolfGaming I'm with you, I'd kinda prefer a black widow bite 😂

They sure have. Like sure, you do see a bad bite once in a great while, but that's an exception to the norm and unfortunately makes headlines.

Their bites are often confused with MRSA, especially on the internet.

Brown Recluse are no joke . A friend of mine has been bitten a few times .

just so you know...Illinois also has a LOT of them, But we also have the black widow, and so do you. They are rare, BUT they are around. I have seen 1 in this area, But I cannot swear it was not an import ( I was in a video game case ( stand up full arcade case)) It was shipped FROM this area to me years ago, but I have no clue were it was before that. I saw one in the wild, in Georgia... I I try to stay away from any of the little buggers... Some insects, etc.. I like but spiders are not really one of them. Have a good one, and I am glad your friend did not lose the leg cause of it. Those can get REALLY nasty.

Glad to help! This is the kinda stuff I’m most excited about, showing people things they’ve never heard of!