Even here in South Africa we also have Black Widows and Brown Recluse/Violin spiders. Mostly I leave those alone, they don't trigger a major freakout in me. Violin spider bites are really horrible though. My friend was bitten, it took for ever to heal and made a festering open wound.

Besides the rain spiders, we also have the "red roman". Not a true spider, I am told. Never mind. Looks like a spider, orangey red with hair all over, and it is aggressive. It chases moving things and bounces up and down when it feels threatened. I once jumped over entire flight of stairs because there was one of these on it, and I didn't know on which step it was.

This brilliant photo is by Hein von Horsten.

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