Spider Identification Chart - Venomous or Dangerous?
Termite.com is actually the site that I got the funnel web spider first aid information from (obviously not verbatim - mine is more vivid). If you happen to see a creepy looking spider in your back yard and want to know whether you’re taking your life in your hands by poking it with a stick (even if you’re not, please don’t), then this chart is for you:
I personally like the web version much better as it has an animated image of the male funnel web spider that does a little jig!
The chart lists the spiders by whether they are:
- Deadly and Dangerous (this is where the funnel web spider is)
- Venomous - Poisonous - Painful Bite, and
- The “Low Risk” Spiders
Termites.com is actually a really good, very informative site about all sorts of creepy crawlies. These guys are apparently the ones who can eradicate the following vermin and nasties from your home:
- ants
- bedbugs
- bees
- birds
- borers
- cockroaches
- fleas
- rats and mice
- silverfish
- spiders
- termites (of course!), and
- wasps
September 23rd, 20066:21 pm at
we had a spider in our pool and it was reasonably small and it had a yellow line down the middle what kind of spider is it is it venomous or is it harmful? Cna it kill you or not plz email me back if you know what kind of spider it is
September 23rd, 20066:50 pm at
OK, knowing what country and state you’re in would be helpful. I’ll email you as asked. I’d suggest that if it were in your pool as you say and your pool is chlorinated that your spider is probably already dead.