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[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Are they venomous or otherwise dangerous to humans?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Nope. Also, if you coax a momma into your hand, you can throw it at your enemies for a spectacular spider-bomb.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

🏌️🕷️ ——––-----___🎯👤

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Spider-Bomb, Spider-Bomb

Does what ever a… AH! GET THAT THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

When they get spooked they launch their kids everywhere to overwhelm potential predators. Imagine if you squashed a spider and suddenly you were covered in hundreds of tiny spiders?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, they are spider bros. They kill brown recluses, black widows, and other things that are dangerous. Typically do not mess with humans unless seriously provoked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I get the sentiment, but black widows (and Theridiidae in general) are quite proficient in taking out wolf spiders and other prowling spiders, not the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

To add to what nougat said, because that’s very much the appropriate answer…

All spiders are in fact venomous- it’s part of how they feed. Many species, the venom is not harmful to humans, or only very weakly so. (Wolf spiders qualify as “very weakly so”)

That said, you try keeping a reasonable head when you suddenly come eyeball-to-eyeball with a wolf spiders qualify and her kids.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Yes, all spiders are venomous, but only few have venoum which are dangerous for humans and also only few capable to inject it under the human skin. Dangerous are only few species and not necesarly the biggest ones, eg, the Australian Huntsman is not. https://www.britannica.com/list/9-of-the-worlds-deadliest-spiders

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Did the comment above get edited? It look like you're just repeating the same thing stated in there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes, all spiders are venomous

Almost all :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

All spiders are in fact venomous

Are there any exceptions to this? And what about non spiders like daddy long legs?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

So, true spiders digest their food externally by injecting the venom. They then slurp it up. So the answer to that is "Yes". Some true spiders may also eat the more solid bits, but that's in addition to. but again, many- most- spiders are essentially harmless to humans.

harvestmen (daddy long legs) are not venomous and lack the mouth-parts necessary for injection, but they're not true spiders.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

harvestmen (daddy long legs) are venomous and lack the mouth-parts necessary for injection, but they're not true spiders.

Harvestmen do not possess venom glands.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

Dammit I need to be more careful when posting on mobile. Meant to say not, lol. Thanks for the correction

[–] [email protected] 23 points 16 hours ago

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/wolf-spider-bite

Seems like it's not even as bad as a bee sting. Spiders are really not very dangerous at all, generally speaking. They're going to leave you alone unless you're fucking with them.