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  2. List of medically significant spider bites - Wikipedia

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    Phoneutria nigriventer, the Brazilian wandering spider (a ctenid spider) is a large brown spider similar to North American wolf spiders in appearance, although somewhat larger. It has a highly toxic venom and is regarded (along with the Australian funnel-web spiders ) as among the most dangerous spiders in the world. [ 6 ]

  3. Ctenus captiosus - Wikipedia

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    A study conducted by researchers at Lewis & Clark College on a single female C. captiosus found that it carried a total venom protein of 604.25. [7] It has been reported that a bite from this species is described as a needle-like puncture with subsequent swelling about the site, nausea, dizziness, and flulike symptoms that persist for several days. [8]

  4. Spiders? Yikes! Florida drivers, watch for crawlers hiding in ...

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    The two main types of venomous spiders in Florida are widow and recluse spiders, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Black widows, particularly females, are ...

  5. Cyrtophora citricola - Wikipedia

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    Cyrtophora citricola, also known as the tropical tent-web spider, is an orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae. It is found in Asia , Africa , Australia , Costa Rica , Hispaniola , Colombia , and Southern Europe and in 2000, it was discovered in Florida .

  6. Brown recluse spider - Wikipedia

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    Similar to those of other recluse spiders, their bites sometimes require medical attention. The brown recluse is one of three spiders in North America with dangerous venom, the others being the black widow and the Chilean recluse. Brown recluse spiders are usually between 6 and 20 millimetres (0.24 and 0.79 in), but may grow larger.

  7. Venomous flying spiders? Here's why Oklahomans shouldn't ...

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    How quickly venomous flying spiders are invading the U.S. From 2014 to 2022, Joro spiders spread between 50 and 80 miles from the location where they were originally spotted. At around 10 miles ...

  8. Huntsman spider - Wikipedia

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    However, brown recluse venom is significantly dangerous to humans, while that of the huntsman spider is less so. [7] On their upper surfaces the main colours of huntsman spiders are inconspicuous shades of brown or grey, but many species have undersides more or less aposematically marked in black-and-white. [8]

  9. Latrodectus bishopi - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus bishopi is the scientific name for the red widow spider, which is endemic to the Florida scrub habitat of central and southern Florida, where it lives primarily in sand dunes dominated by sand pine, Pinus clausa – a type of vegetation found only in Florida and coastal Alabama.