Deadly Bite for Humans: The 5 Most Dangerous Spiders in the World
Created: 05/28/2022, 10:33 am
By: Olaf Kubasik
The Brazilian wandering spider is the world's deadliest spider species.
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50,000 spider species are now known worldwide.
These five are the most dangerous to humans because of their venomous bite.
With the discovery of
Guriurius minuano
in April, 50,000 different species of spiders are now known worldwide.
But researchers estimate that the number of undiscovered species is just as high.
echo24.de
took this diversity anniversary as an opportunity to present five very special types of useful eight-legged friends.
However, with a big catch for all arachnophobics - because these are the five most dangerous spiders in the world.
The red-headed mouse spider, a beautifully colored specimen, ranked fifth.
However, the
Missulena occatoria
, which only occurs in Australia, is not to be trifled with.
Although the highly venomous females rarely leave their dens, the aggressive males migrate during the mating season.
And anyone who disturbs the diurnal animals will be bitten immediately after a threatening gesture.
According to Australian researchers, the bite can be "lethal" especially for children - if no antidote is administered.
class | arachnids |
tribe | arthropod |
subtribe | jawclaw carrier |
known species | 50,000 |
The 5 most dangerous spiders in the world: fatal bite danger for humans
The most dangerous representative of the real widows occupies fourth place in the
echo24.de
ranking.
Because although the southern black hound is nocturnal and not aggressive at all, biting accidents occur again and again in the southeastern United States.
Most of them happen in the quiet place of all places.
In addition, the venomous bite of
Latrodectus mactans
often goes unnoticed.
Until after about half an hour the first symptoms appear.
If you don't go to a hospital and get an antidote there, you risk dying of respiratory paralysis or a heart attack.
So far, there is no antidote for a bite from the Chilean angle spider, which decomposes human tissue.
Because of this, it made it the third most dangerous species — especially since four percent of the people it bites die from it.
And it could be that the spider will also be found in Germany at some point.
Because it has high invasive abilities, by means of which it has spread from its native Chile to all of South America and parts of North and Central America.
After all,
Loxosceles laeta
is not considered aggressive at all.
Deadliest spider in the world: bite danger for people in Germany
The situation is very different with the most poisonous spider in the world.
When mate-hunting, male Sydney funnel-web spiders are described as "relatively aggressive" - and can even bite through shoe surfaces thanks to their powerful jawed claws.
13 people lost their lives in their homeland, the Australian metropolis Sydney, after their bite.
No deaths have been reported since an antidote was developed in 1981.
However, 40 people continue to be
bitten by
Atrax robustus each year.
But that's "only" enough for second place for the most poisonous spider in the world.
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The reason for this is the Brazilian wandering spider.
Its highly aggressive behavior outshines all other species.
Jumping up to 1.50 meters,
Phoneutria nigriventer
can bite humans and pump its venom into its victim, which is 20 times more deadly than that of a black widow.
The consequences: shortness of breath, shock, death.
Although there is an antidote, ten people still die from its bite each year.
And because the deadliest species in the world appears in very specific places in Germany from time to time, it is one of the eight spiders that are better avoided in Baden-Württemberg.