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Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals that have two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. They are classified in the order Araneae, one of several orders within the larger class of arachnids, a group which also contains scorpions, whip scorpions, mites, ticks, and opiliones (harvestmen). The study of spiders is known as arachnology.
 












Spiders in the world which have been linked to fatalities in humans, or have been shown to have potentially fatal bites by toxicology studies of their venom, include:
The Brazilian wandering spider
The Australasian funnel-web spider
The widow spiders, including the Australian redback spider
The six-eyed sand spider, and possibly other spiders of genus Sicarius
The recluse spiders
Spiders which likely are not deadly to humans, but which are nonetheless medically significant include:


The hobo spider (this is doubtful, however)
The yellow sac spider
Certain species of tarantulas
The false black widows
Spiders which can inflict painful bites (often similar to a bee sting), but whose bites generally do not cause any systemic or long-lasting effects, include:

The huntsman spider
The redback jumping spider (not to be confused with the very dangerous redback spider, the latter being one of the widow spiders).




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