Dangerous spiders

Karakurt venom is very toxic and can be harmful even to a large animal. This spider is quite peaceful and will rarely be the first to attack a person unless disturbed. At the time of the bite, you immediately feel a strong and burning pain that spreads throughout the body for 15-20 minutes, then the symptoms characteristic of poisoning. Fatal cases have been reported.

The six-eyed sand spider (Latin Sicarius hahni) is considered one of the most dangerous spiders. Lives in South America and southern Africa. Arranges ambushes, hiding in the sand. He attacks the victim with lightning speed, injecting his deadly poison into her. They prefer to hide among the sand dunes, under rocks and driftwood or tree roots.

Mouse spiders (Latin Missulena) - spiders of the family Actinopodidae. A total of 11 species are known. Ten of them are considered endemic to Australia, the 11th species (Latin Missulena tussulena) lives in Chile. They got their name (mouse spiders) due to the misconception that they are digging deep holes like mice.

The Sydney leukopaid, or funnel spider (Latin: Atrax robustus), is a spider in the Hexathelidae family, the only one in the genus Atrax. Representative of the Australian continent. The funnel spider is one of the few species of spiders that can cause serious harm to human health, and sometimes even kill it.

Brown hermit spider
Brown hermit spider (Latin Loxosceles reclusa) - belongs to the species of araneomorphic spiders from the family Sicariidae. Lives in the eastern United States. This arthropod has a very life-threatening venom,

The first spiders (Latin Araneae) appeared on our planet about 400 million years ago, and they came from a crab-like ancestor. Today there are more than 40,000 species of spiders. It should be noted at once that spiders do not belong to insects, but form a separate class and a separate group - arachnids (Latin Arachnida).