IntroductionThe number of people dying from spider bites in the US is only an average of 4 people a year. Venomous or poisonous spidersIf a snake, spider or insect injects poisonous venom into its victim its venomous. If you get ill after eating a spider its poisonous. In reality it doesn't matter much if you use one word or another, since the meaning is easy to get. A lot of spiders are poisonous after all but even more are venomous. The purpose of this page is to improve the image of spiders and tell how spider bites are cured and how to avoid spider bites. A lot of people sees spiders as ugly and consider them poisonous. Also, there's a lot of myths about spiders how people are eating dozens of them while asleep, which are all in all exaggerated and far from the truth. I want to tell about these spider myths and uncover them. The venom of spiders has evolved to fit the nature of their prey throughout evolution. The most important prey of spiders are insects. Please notice that spiders are not insects but arachnids (Arachnida) - a class at the same phylogenetic level as Insecta. Resources |