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experts do worry about spider bites about bites from venomous spiders, particularly black widows and brown recluse spiders. A bite from one of these types of spiders can cause severe symptoms.

We're talking about 8 of the 10 deadliest insects in the entire world. Here's a little spoiler alert on one of them--this bug ...