This Is How Many Types of Highly Venomous Spiders Are in Your State

Arachnophobia—or the extreme or irrational fear of spiders—is one of the most common phobias in the United States and around the world. In fact, researchers used results from the National Comorbidity Survey to estimate a prevalence rate of 3.5 percent of arachnophobia among the general population in the U.S. And while it's true that the vast majority of spiders in our country pose little to no serious physical threat to humans, there is still a variety of highly venomous spiders in nearly every state in the country.

Best Life pored over multiple sources in order to determine the highly venomous spiders in every U.S. state, using SpiderIdentifications.com as our main resource for the following list, and verifying the information with at least one other credible source wherever possible, including those from each state's health department. However, it is important to keep in mind that nearly all spiders are technically venomous to some degree, but we only included species that are widely considered to be the biggest threats. With that said, read on to discover how many highly venomous spiders live in your state and around the country.

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1. Southern Black Widow
2. Northern Black Widow
3. Brown Widow
4. Brown Recluse
5. Chilean Recluse
6. Mediterranean Recluse

There are no highly venomous spiders native to the state of Alaska.

1. Arizona Brown Spider
2. Southern Black Widow

1. Brown Recluse
2. Southern Black Widow

1. Western Black Widow
2. Brown Widow
3. Chilean Recluse
4. Desert Recluse
5. Yellow Sac Spider

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1. Western Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse
3. Yellow Sac Spider

1. Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Southern Black Widow
2. Northern Black Widow
3. Red Widow
4. Brown Widow
5. Brown Recluse

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1. Brown Recluse
2. Brown Widow
3. Northern Black Widow
4. Southern Black Widow
5. False Black Widow

1. Brown Widow
2. Southern Black Widow

1. Western Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse
3. Yellow Sac Spider

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Brown Recluse
2. Southern Black Widow

1. Brown Recluse
2. Southern Black Widow

1. Brown Recluse
2. Western Black Widow
3. Southern Black Widow
4. Northern Black Widow

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Southern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse

1. Brown Widow
2. Northern Black Widow
3. Southern Black Widow
4. Brown Recluse

There are no highly venomous spiders native to the state of Maine.

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Southern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse

1. Northern Black Widow

1. Brown Recluse
2. Northern Black Widow

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1. Northern Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse
3. Yellow Sac Spider

1. Brown Recluse
2. Southern Black Widow

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Southern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse

1. Black Widow

1. Brown Recluse
2. Western Black Widow
3. Southern Black Widow

1. Desert Recluse
2. Brown Widow
3. Western Black Widow

1. Brown Recluse
2. Black Widow
3. Broad-Face Sac Spider

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse
3. Yellow Sac Spider

1. Western Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Southern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse

1. Southern Black Widow
2. Northern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse
4. False Black Widow
5. Yellow Sac Spider

1. Western Black Widow

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Southern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse
4. Mediterranean Recluse
5. Yellow Sac Spider
6. False Black Widow

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Southern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse

1. Western Black Widow

1. Southern Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Southern Black Widow
3. Brown Widow
4. Brown Recluse

1. Western Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Southern Black Widow
2. Northern Black Widow
3. Brown Recluse

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Western Black Widow
3. Southern Black Widow
4. Brown Recluse
5. Texas Recluse

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1. Black Widow
2. Desert Recluse
3. Yellow Sac Spider

1. Northern Black Widow

1. Southern Black Widow
2. Northern Black Widow

1. Black Widow
2. Yellow Sac Spider

1. Southern Black Widow

1. Northern Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

1. Western Black Widow
2. Brown Recluse

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