10 most venomous & non venomous spiders in the US

Spiders with their intiricate webs and eight legs are part of our everyday lives. Whether they are in hidden nooks in our houses or outside in your garden! In this article, we’ll educate ourselves on which spiders are deadly, and which ones are harmless.

1. Black Widow (Latrodectus spp.)

black widow bite — Black Widow spider outdoors on a web. Image via Depositphotos

2. Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)

Brown Recluse Spider. Rosa Pineda, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

3. Hobo Spider (Eratigena agrestis)

Hobo Spider. Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

4. Yellow Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium spp.)

5. Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus)

6. Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)

7. Red Widow (Latrodectus bishopi)

8. Six-eyed Sand Spider (Sicarius spp.)

9. Mouse Spider (Scotophaeus blackwalli)

10. Desert Recluse (Loxosceles deserta)

Now that we know the venomous spiders, lets move onto the non-venomous ones!

1. Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

2. Orb Weaver Spiders (Family Araneidae)

golden orb spider — Golden Orb Weaver Spiders often exhibit sexual dimorphism, with females being significantly larger than males. Image by Abba Argaman via Unsplash

3. Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)

Wolf Spider. flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html, via Wikimedia Commons

4. Daddy Longlegs or Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)

Daddy Longlegs Spider — Daddy long legs spider on a white background. Image via Deposit Photos

5. Cellar Spiders (Family Pholcidae)

Long-legged Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) — An image of the cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides) carrying its eggs in her jaws too a safer spot after being disturbed from our outdoor shed. Image via Deposit Photos

6. House Spiders (Family Theridiidae)

Washington's Giant House Spiders — Detail of giant house spider eratigena artica on wood bokeh background. Image via Deposit Photos

7. Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)

8. Grass Spiders (Family Agelenidae)

American grass spider – a genus of funnel weaver arachnid in the Agelenopsis sp genus. They construct a non sticky sheet of silk with a round opening. Isolated on white background top dorsal view. Image via Deposit Photos

9. Sheetweb Spiders (Family Linyphiidae)

10. Long-bodied Cellar Spider

Overall, now that we know the difference between the venomous and non venomous spiders, we can all sleep more soundly at night!

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