can the common british house spider bite humans?

Question

or have i got a mutant breed of the 8 legged little monsters in my bathroom?

shamu, i dont want to know if their poisonous, if i did i would of asked

Answer 1

Spider Bites
All spiders bite and nearly all inject venom into their prey, but the fangs of the vaste majority of species are too small to penetrate human skin and very few will bite man, even when severely provoked. Of the 35,000 or so species throughout the world, about 500 are known to cause painful bites in humans, but only about a dozen of these spiders are highly venomous. The species which are particularly dangerous to man are largely confined to warmer parts of the world, although their common names will be familiar to most people. For example, the venomous bites of the black widows or red-back spiders (Latrodectus) and the Australian funnel-web spiders (Atrax) are well known, since both can be fatal in some circumstances. Likewise, the Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria) has a dangerous reputation as a very aggressive species with an extremely painful bite. Few, if any, of the spiders found in temperate regions are particularly venomous or likely to bite. Among the native spiders of Britain and northern Europe, for example, there are only one or two species that require some caution if handled. The water spider (Argyroneta) can give a fairly painful bite, but usually this is much less severe than the bites and stings of many common insects. Somewhat unpleasant bite wounds can also be inflicted by the larger species of Cheiracanthium and Steatoda. The latter species is often found in and around house and other buildings.

So if the ones in your bathroom are biggish, they may bite in self-defence. I don't think you have a mutant breed!

Answer 2

Do you mean those big black hairy jobs? It's not likely but the thin spindly daddy long legs type spiders do if threatened. We dont have dangerous spiders in the UK but all spiders use venom on their prey. A daddy long legs spider easily kills the big black hairy one, I've often seem it happen in a confrontation.

Answer 3

It depends on what a common house spider is and in australia that would be a huntsmen or a white tale and if a white tale bites you, you have to get help

Answer 4

I know the Woodlouse Eating Spider can bite.. (Proved by Bill Oddie on a wildlife program)

Answer 5

the short answer is, yes. but they would rather escape than bite, and in any case, they are not considered very poisonous to humans, unless you were one of the very rare few people who are allergic to their venom.

Answer 6

Yes but not Poisonous!

Answer 7

Of course, but whether their fangs are long enough to penetrate the skin is another matter.

Answer 8

Yes the big ones can, it feels like a small pinch.

Answer 9

i think i read that it is quite a venomus spider, but has no tangable fangs to be able to do any harm at all

Answer 10

uhh dude any spider can bite... your question should be are they poisonous..... roflmao