03/10/2025

Spiders in general won’t bite unless theyre threatened enough or are being harmed. Orbweavers have no reason to bite unless you are to say pinch a leg whilst handling one, it might bite in defense. But spiders fangs are not meant to be used for defensive purposes, they’d rather run than attempt to waste their venom that is used for food, not protection. I have been bit by this exact species and while it did initially hurt, nothing happened afterwards. One dropped down into my shirt somehow and I felt tickling and swiped and it bit me. I’ve handled hundreds of spiders and only bit twice, both were due to me not knowing a spider was even on me and brushed them accidentally. Steatoda triangulosa was the other spider I’ve been bit by. That one was a bit more burning feeling than the orbweaver and I really thought it was an ember. But it was a teeny little Cobweb spider.

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