Spiders are often portrayed as aggressive and biting creatures that can attack and bite animals and humans. In fact, spiders can bite, but only when they feel extremely threatened.

 

The fear of spiders crawling into bed at night and biting is largely unfounded, even for venomous spiders. If you sleep in a normally high bed and do not let the blankets hang on the floor, you almost completely eliminate the likelihood of a spider crawling into bed, even in tropical regions. Even if a spider does find its way into the bed, under normal circumstances it will not bite the person because it has no reason to. Spiders do not bite to feed and are usually unaware of a human's presence.

 

A spider that crawls onto a person will only bite if it is provoked. The spider's fangs are located in the abdomen, which means that the spider must be pressed onto the skin from above in order to bite. If you find reddish patches on the skin after coming into contact with a spider, it is more likely to be an allergic reaction or a bacterial infection.

 

Anyone who sees a spider, including a poisonous spider, need not or should not panic. If you remain calm, the spider will avoid you. Only those who try to kill the spider expose themselves to the danger of a bite.