/ thomasshahan  

A somewhat brief video addressing common spider myths and misconceptions.

Sources and further reading:

Arachnologist Rod Crawford's Spider Myths Page:
http://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/curat...

Catherine Scott's "SpiderBytes" Blog:
http://spiderbytes.org/category/spide...

UC Riverside's (Rick Vetter) Spider Page:
http://spiders.ucr.edu/myth.html

Bugguide's Misunderstood Spiders Page:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/240451

Do Hobo Spider Bites Cause
Dermonecrotic Injuries?:
http://barrierpestcontrol.com/wp-cont...

Funnel Web Spider Envenomation:
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article...

Misdiagnosis of Spider Bites:
https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/...

MOST NECROTIC ULCERS ARE NOT SPIDER BITES:
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals...

Black Widow bite reluctance study: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/...