The Worst Spider Bites in the US Ranked

What's the worst spider bite in the US? And the least serious? Ever wondered how the spiders in YOUR backyard ranked up? In this video, we'll see how all of the common and most venomous spiders rank up in a complete US spider bite tier list!

Here at MyWildBackyard we investigate the secrets of the natural world- secrets that can be hidden in our very own backyards! I want to share the incredible world of insects, spiders and other wildlife with you and inspire you to explore your curiosity. Get out there, and find your adventure!

For those who read the description- we've updated the channel! I'm working on adding more features to videos to better expand our conversations about the secrets we find in the natural world! Introducing the Creature Tier System! There are four rankings:
1. Staple - These are the lowest tier creatures. They are the most common species in a given habitat, and while they're not boring, they're really only exciting when you're exploring a new habitat and you haven't seen them before. Not something to write home about.
2. Neat - These are a step up from Staple. They don't make your entire day, but they are worth taking a closer look at when found. Definitely can be exciting to have a productive day finding many Neat species.
3. Wild - These are exciting to find. Whether they have interesting defensive features that offer a nice challenge in the field, are particularly cool looking, or maybe a little bit rare, Wild species aren't necessarily the MOST memorable of encounters, but they definitely make your day when you see them. An adventure featuring many Wild species will truly be memorable.
4. Gem - These are special. Usually involving extremely interesting biology and significant rarity, Gem species are animals that you really do not see every day. These species can make your whole adventure, and will be very memorable.

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[wheelerthree]

Bit by a black widow in SC 4 times because it was in my slipper when I put it on and went chasing a kid out of the house. I thought it was a fire ant biting me until I kicked the shoe off and it fell out. Within an hour my whole leg was spasming. 5 hours in I told my wife I felt like I was going through some kind of weird withdrawal. Muscles I didn't even knew I had were twitching. My scalp was spasming. It was pure hell for about 16 hours. Not deadly, but possibly the worst pain I've ever felt. My local doctor told me to take potassium and sodium and prepare for a long night when I called. He wasn't kidding.

[Bozo]

“Maybe some mild necrosis” is not something i’d ever expect to hear about anything

[oceanbytez]

I had an orb weaver on our porch this past fall and i named her Charlotte. She had a nice zigzag design and i actually kind of liked it. I used to drink a beer on my porch next to her and she'd eat all the mosquitos for me. I was sad because one day a really bad storm blew through and took her web down completely and i never saw her again. Hope she found a new place and built her web again before winter hit.

[patchbunny]

I was bitten by a Black Widow on my hand. It was painful like a tattoo that no painkillers knocked back and that lasted three days. The next day my hand around the bite and up my arm felt cold and clammy. Weirdest symptom of all, though, was that all of my toes also started hurting. The ER doc who treated me (I went in as I was concerned the coldness was a sign of circulatory failure) told me that he had a woman who was bitten on the foot the prior week, and all of her fingers started hurting. Neurotoxins are *weird*.

[margiestevens]

I worked as a surgical technician in Oklahoma for four years, brown recluse bites were awful. We had to work hard to save limbs, true this was the early seventies. Yes, the staph infections caused the amputations, but the staph infections were because the person didn’t know to come in for the spider bite until they had become infected. Then it was days and weeks of debridement of dead tissue and battling infection. Anytime something’s been stored I unpack it wearing gloves.😕

[amandafrazier]

never been bit by a jumper in the years i’ve been handling wild ones, love those little guys, they have so many personalities if you give them a chance to show you

[doralupo]

My neighbor died of organ failure because of a recluse bite. He didn't even know he was bitten until necrosis started in the area around the bite. It was many years ago, but if I remember correctly, he passed 2 weeks within the necrosis starting.

[philsurtees]

*America:* _Our most venomous spiders._
*Australia:* _PFFT!_

[anthonyzacchino]

There’s a orb Weaver in my backyard and it freaks me the hell
out because he’s so huge but I like him only because he kills the mosquitoes and he leaves me alone so I leave him alone. It’s kind of his backyard now. 😂

[dr.emilschaffhausen]

My kids love it when we go out at night and use a bright flashlight to locate huntsman spiders in the grass. Their eyes reflect a distinctive, bright light distinguishable from dew drops and other reflective things in the yard.

[someartist]

Those spiders biting seem to be like “this big thing seems like it wants me to bite it.” Then they just chill after doing so.

[PBLE]

Dude! You’re nuts! Purposely making spiders bite you?! YIKES!!😮

[Jay-n]

The jumping spider bite isn't so bad. One fell on my arm and bit me when I was younger. It felt it a little worse than a mosquito bite and didn't last.

[dubiousdevil]

My mom was hospitalized twice by a brown recluse. First bite rotted away a one inch hole in her cheek, the second bite swelled up her face so bad her eye was closed for a week.

[Stacey]

I'm a Veterinary Nurse. We used to care for the dogs at Indian Creek Correctional Center. Many of the dogs got bit by Brown Recluse spiders. Everyone had deep scars where huge chunks of flesh were missing. Poor pooches!

[mistermoskauTTV]

"check twice before you stick your hands or fingers where you cant see them" - MyWildBackyard 2024

[jaimeortega]

The Black Widow bite gave me a stomach ache that lasted for three days and flu like symptoms the first day. The worst spider bite by far.

[dbx]

I had a lot of orb weavers where I live in Southeast Texas, but after hurricane Rita in 2005 I stopped seeing them. I never saw another one until 2021, 16 years later. I'm glad for their return because I like watching them and seeing the incredible webs they weave.

[Prestegist]

“Recluse isn’t that bad” as my mom was fighting to keep her leg from a brush recluse bite.

[TomMiller-hpie]

My father almost lost a leg back in the 60s because of two brown recluse bites on his leg. I have been bitten by both brown recluse and the southern black widow. The widows made me nauseous for an hour or two and burned bit. The brown recluse bite took months to heal and left a scar about the size of a 50 cent piece.