Michigan’s Top 3 Most ‘Poisonous’ Spiders

“Poisonous” is a word commonly used when talking about spiders. In reality, spiders are considered to be ‘venomous’ and not ‘poisonous’. How so? If something is poisonous, it means you have ingested something that made you ill – venomous means it has been injected, like by a snake or spider bite.

With that out of the way, what are Michigan’s most poisonous – er, VENOMOUS – spiders?