What happens if a banana spider bites you?

The bite of a banana spider can be extremely painful. You may experience heavy sweating and drooling and the skin around the bite usually swells, turns reddish and gets hot. It takes one to three hours for symptoms to appear. The bites may hurt and will swell, but the swelling and pain should go away after about a day.
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Can a banana spider bite a human?

Most banana spiders are not dangerous to humans. The Brazilian wandering spider is more venemous than others, but it rarely appears in international shipments. Spiders typically don't bite humans unless held or threatened. A bite from any type of banana spider may cause pain or irritation, but it's not usually deadly.
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Is a banana spider poisonous?

For example, the Brazilian wandering banana spiders, genus Phoneutria, are among the most venomous spiders on Earth and its bite can be deadly to humans, especially children.
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What does a banana spider bite look like?

The bite of a banana spider can be extremely painful. You may experience heavy sweating and drooling and the skin around the bite usually swells, turns reddish and gets hot. It takes one to three hours for symptoms to appear. The bites may hurt and will swell, but the swelling and pain should go away after about a day.
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What's the most painful spider bite?

Black widow spider

A bite can cause severe muscle pain and spasms, as well as abdominal cramps, for up to a week. More than 2,000 people report black widow bites yearly, but deaths are rare these days.
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What spider can paralyze you?

A Brown Recluse Spider Bite Caused A Woman To Hallucinate And Become Paralyzed, And There Are Dozens More Hiding In Her Home. The brown recluse spider may not look intimidating, but it is one of the most dangerous spider species in the United States.
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Are daddy long legs poisonous?

Daddy long legs, also known as cellar spiders, contain venom and possess fangs, but there has been no evidence of their fangs being too short to cut through human skin or of their venoms being deadly and poisonous to humans. In reality, daddy long legs are not poisonous or dangerous to humans and are not known to bite.
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Are banana spiders good?

Both adult and juvenile banana spiders are predators. They are considered very beneficial farm and garden insects, as they eat a wide range of flying prey, including small to medium sized flying insects.
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Why is it called a banana spider?

Banana spiders are large spiders found throughout the southeastern United States. Banana spiders receive their name because of the yellow/golden-colored silk they create to make their very large webs which they use to catch flying insects, their main food source.
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How many babies does a banana spider have?

Each year, only one new generation of banana spiders is born, and adults do not live long after the female's final molt.
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How long do banana spiders live?

Females may change web sites and male partners throughout their adulthood. After the final molt, females can live up to a month, while males live from 2-to-3 weeks. Banana spiders have one generation per year in North America. The strong web of banana spiders is complex.
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Do spiders sleep?

Spiders follow circadian rhythms to sleep, that is, periods of activity and rest. They appear motionless during sleep but remain highly aware and can break out of their sleep when they see a chance to catch prey, or if they feel threatened. Their exact circadian rhythms will depend on the species of spiders.
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How poisonous are black widows?

Black widows are the most venomous spider in North America. Their venom is about 15 times stronger than rattlesnake venom, and uses a chemical called alpha-latrotoxin to overwhelm nerve cells and cause immense pain.
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Are tarantulas poisonous?

Tarantulas themselves are not poisonous, but they do contain venom glands and inject venom into their prey through their fangs. All species of tarantula are venomous and contain venom and they use it primarily for hunting prey.
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Is Medusa spider real?

The Medusa spider is a fictional species. Arzt refers to his Medusa spider as Latrodectus regina, which would make it a member of the widow spider genus.
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What spider hides in bananas?

Brazilian wandering spiders, which are also known as banana spiders, have been found in bananas from Cameroon in British supermarkets before. Their bite can be serious and even occasionally fatal.
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Which spider kills most humans?

Phoneutria are poisonous to humans, and they are considered to be the deadliest of all the world's spiders.
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How poisonous are wolf spiders?

‌Wolf spiders don't pose a threat to people. It is possible to be allergic to a wolf spider's venom, but they are not poisonous. Since wolf spiders are large, their bite may be painful. If you have mild pain, swelling, or itchiness around the bite, it shouldn't last long.
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Is black widow kid friendly?

I recommend mature older kids aged 13-14 years old and up to watch Black Widow but caution STRONGLY against any child sensitive to blood/gore, animal/child cruelty.
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What is the deadliest spider in the United States?

In North America, the brown recluse is considered the most dangerous spider.
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Do spiders pee?

Spiders don't produce urine like we do, but produce uric acid, which doesn't dissolve in water and is a near-solid. Spiders have this alternate form of waste because they can't afford to lose as much water as we do.
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Do spiders fart?

Since the stercoral sac contains bacteria, which helps break down the spider's food, it seems likely that gas is produced during this process, and therefore there is certainly the possibility that spiders do fart.
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Do spiders remember you?

One of the most basic reasons a spider won't remember you is because it can't see you or your face, according to the Australian Museum. About half the spiders out there catch prey with webs. They don't need great eyesight, they just have to sit and wait for their prey to come to them.
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Do banana spiders come inside?

For the most part, banana spiders generally prefer to live outdoors where food sources are abundant. That said, they have been known to make their webs in the eaves of houses and sometimes even inside houses, especially if there is a large enough food source for them there.
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Is a golden spider real?

By the end of the project, Godley and Peers extracted silk from more than 1 million female golden orb spiders, which are abundant throughout Madagascar and known for the rich golden color of their silk.
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