HOBO SPIDERAbout 50 percent of the time, a bite from a hobo spider won’t cause much discomfort. That’s because half of the time the adorable little guys release no venom. It one does, however, expect a bump similar to a mosquito bite within an hour. A day later, the bite may turn into small blisters, which rupture. The ulcers then turn to scabs, and three weeks after the initial bite your skin around it may look like it has a bulls-eye on it. About a month and a half after the initial bite, it should heal, leaving some scars to remind you of it. In rare cases, it takes years for a hobo spider bite to heal. Awesome.
SYDNEY FUNNEL-WEB SPIDERThirteen people have died at the fangs of Sydney funnel-web spiders, and the credit for those deaths goes to the males (boys rule, girls drool!). They possess a chemical called Robustoxin in their venom, and it’ll cause excruciating pain at the site of the bite, as well as drooping eyelids, double vision, diarrhea, rapid heart rate, tremors, numbness of the mouth, vomiting, excessive sweating, muscle spasms in the leg and belly, confusion, headache, and possibly coma.The good news? The spiders, whose bodies alone can be up to two inches long, are typically found only near — you guessed it — Sydney, Australia.
