What you should do Black widow spider bites rarely kill people, but it’s important to get medical attention as soon as you can because they can make you extremely sick.

Here are some other things to know about spider bites. Bite symptoms If you get bitten by a spider, the spider typically won’t pose a huge threat. Instead, it’ll just look like a little bug bite. Most ...

Spiders don’t carry diseases, the way ticks and mosquitoes do, and in the United States, where thousands of species of spiders live, there are only a few venomous types that cause concern — notably, ...

Only two spiders that live in the country are considered to have medically significant bites, per the American Association of Family Physicians: brown recluses and black widows.

The brown recluse spider, also known as “the violin spider” due to a distinctive violin-shaped marking on its cephalothorax, prefer dark, secluded areas, such as closets, attics, and basements.

Do you know where they live and how to spot them? According to Britannica, nine spiders are considered the deadliest in the world. (Out of 43,000 species, only about 30 have caused human deaths.) ...