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Gulf of CaliforniaVenomous animals in Canada
46 venomous and poisonous animals live in Canada. The most dangerous come first.
1 animal here can be deadly.
- Can kill1
- Needs a doctor6
- Just hurts18
- Harmless21
The most dangerous here
Timber rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan kill
Chilean recluseSpidersNeeds a doctor
Eastern massasaugaRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Prairie rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Western black widowSpidersNeeds a doctor
Western rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Black-bellied hornetBees, wasps & hornetsNeeds a doctor
Western honey beeBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Bald-faced hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Channel catfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Giant water bugCaterpillars & bugsJust hurts
Wheel bugCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsRattlesnakes
Rear-fanged snakes
Western hognose snake
Desert night snake
Night snakeSpiders
Chilean recluseSpidersNeeds a doctorWestern black widowSpidersNeeds a doctor
European garden spiderSpidersHarmless
Barn funnel weaverSpidersHarmless
Carolina wolf spiderSpidersHarmless
Common house spiderSpidersHarmless
Dark fishing spiderSpidersHarmless
Northern yellow sac spiderSpidersHarmless
Wetland giant wolf spiderSpidersHarmless
Yellow garden spiderSpidersHarmlessTarantulas & funnel-webs
Red-legged purseweb spiderScorpions
Northern scorpionCentipedes
Eastern red centipedeBees, wasps & hornets
Black-bellied hornetBees, wasps & hornetsNeeds a doctorWestern honey beeBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurtsBald-faced hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Aerial yellowjacketBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Dark paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Guinea paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Rusty spider waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Western yellowjacketBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Blue mud dauberBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Common eastern bumble beeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Eastern carpenter beeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Yellow-legged mud dauberBees, wasps & hornetsHarmlessAnts
Western harvester antCaterpillars & bugs
Brown-tail moth
Io moth
Garden tiger mothJellyfish & sea stingers
Sun anemoneVenomous fish
Brown bullhead
Stonecat
Tadpole madtomVenomous mammals
Northern short-tailed shrewPoison frogs, toads & newts
American toadOther poisonous animals
Striped blister beetleBitten or stung?
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