Spider Index

The White Tail Spider found in Australia is considered to be one of the most dangerous spiders in the world. It venom causes extreme pain and the chemicals on its skin can infect the wound make a bad situation even worse.
White Tail Spiders are cannibals of sorts, hunting other spiders and eating them.  As you can see in the video below they are small and can hide many places undetected....

 The Blue-fanged Tarantula is a species of Tarantula that was just discovered in the Amazon. This spiders scientific name is Ephebous cyanognathus and as you can see gets it name from it HUGE blue fanged. The rest of this spiders body is completely brown...

The Corn Spider or Argiope aurantia is known by a few different names including the Banana Spider, Writing spider and the Black and Yellow Garden Spider.  Dispite this spiders menacing appearance it is not dangerous to humans.  These spiders can yellow...

There are 11 different species of Mouse Spiders in the world. These spiders, much like the Trapdoor Spider, are often found in burrows sometimes as much as 1' deep! All of the species of Mouse Spiders besides one are found in Australia.
The bite of the Mouse Spider can be potentially dangerous, but anti-venoms are readily available. These spiders will mostly feed on insects, but they are also known to dine on small animals as well on occasion. The Mouse Spider will often fall prey to...