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Gulf of CaliforniaVenomous animals in United States
206 venomous and poisonous animals live in United States. The most dangerous come first.
11 animals here can be deadly.
- Deadly1
- Can kill10
- Needs a doctor42
- Just hurts88
- Harmless65
The most dangerous here
Devil reef crabOther poisonous animalsDeadly
Eastern coral snakeCoral snakesCan kill
Eastern diamondback rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan kill
Timber rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan kill
Western diamondback rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan kill
California newtPoison frogs, toads & newtsCan killDo not touch
Mojave rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan kill
Rough-skinned newtPoison frogs, toads & newtsCan killDo not touch
Textile coneCone snails & octopusesCan kill
Four-handed box jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersCan killDo not touch
Toxic zoanthidOther poisonous animalsCan killDo not touch
Arizona bark scorpionScorpionsNeeds a doctorCoral snakes
Texas coral snake
Sonoran coral snakePit vipers
Cottonmouth
Eastern copperhead
Broad-banded copperhead
Florida cottonmouthRattlesnakes
Eastern diamondback rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan killTimber rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan killWestern diamondback rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan killMojave rattlesnakeRattlesnakesCan kill
SidewinderRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Black-tailed rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Eastern massasaugaRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Prairie rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Red diamond rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Rock rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Santa Catalina rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Southwestern speckled rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Tiger rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Western rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Angel de la Guarda Island speckled rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Arizona black rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Baja California rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Panamint rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
San Esteban Island rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Speckled rattlesnakeRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Western massasaugaRattlesnakesNeeds a doctor
Pygmy rattlesnakeRattlesnakesJust hurts
Ridge-nosed rattlesnakeRattlesnakesJust hurts
Twin-spotted rattlesnakeRattlesnakesJust hurtsRear-fanged snakes
Western hognose snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmless
Eastern hognose snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmless
Desert night snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmless
Many-spotted cat snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmless
Sonoran lyre snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmless
Southern hognose snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmless
Texas lyre snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmless
Texas night snakeRear-fanged snakesHarmlessVenomous lizards
Gila monsterSpiders
Brown recluseSpidersNeeds a doctor
Southern black widowSpidersNeeds a doctor
Chilean recluseSpidersNeeds a doctor
Western black widowSpidersNeeds a doctor
Brown widowSpidersJust hurts
Noble false widowSpidersJust hurts
Desert recluseSpidersJust hurts
Red widowSpidersJust hurts
Bold jumping spiderSpidersHarmless
Golden silk orb-weaverSpidersHarmless
Joro spiderSpidersHarmless
Barn funnel weaverSpidersHarmless
Carolina wolf spiderSpidersHarmless
Common house spiderSpidersHarmless
Cupboard spiderSpidersHarmless
Dark fishing spiderSpidersHarmless
False wolf spiderSpidersHarmless
Green lynx spiderSpidersHarmless
Northern yellow sac spiderSpidersHarmless
Rabid wolf spiderSpidersHarmless
Regal jumping spiderSpidersHarmless
Southern house spiderSpidersHarmless
Spinybacked orbweaverSpidersHarmless
Wetland giant wolf spiderSpidersHarmless
Yellow garden spiderSpidersHarmlessTarantulas & funnel-webs
Arizona blond tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websHarmless
Pinktoe tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websHarmless
Johnny Cash tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websHarmless
Mexican red rump tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websHarmless
Red-legged purseweb spiderTarantulas & funnel-websHarmless
Texas brown tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websHarmlessScorpions
Arizona bark scorpionScorpionsNeeds a doctor
Striped bark scorpionScorpionsJust hurts
Baja California bark scorpionScorpionsJust hurts
Florida bark scorpionScorpionsJust hurts
Giant desert hairy scorpionScorpionsHarmless
California forest scorpionScorpionsHarmless
Dune scorpionScorpionsHarmless
Hentz striped scorpionScorpionsHarmless
Northern scorpionScorpionsHarmless
Southern devil scorpionScorpionsHarmless
Stripe-tailed scorpionScorpionsHarmlessCentipedes
Chinese red-headed centipede
Giant desert centipede
Common desert centipede
Haitian giant centipede
Eastern red centipedeBees, wasps & hornets
Executioner waspBees, wasps & hornetsNeeds a doctor
Tarantula hawkBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Western honey beeBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Asian hornetBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Cow killer velvet antBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Aerial yellowjacketBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Dark paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Guinea paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Mexican honey waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Red paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Ringed paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Rusty spider waspBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Rusty-winged tarantula hawkBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Southern yellowjacketBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Thistledown velvet antBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Western yellowjacketBees, wasps & hornetsJust hurts
Eastern cicada killerBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Emerald cockroach waspBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Blue mud dauberBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Blue-winged waspBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Common eastern bumble beeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Eastern carpenter beeBees, wasps & hornetsHarmless
Yellow-legged mud dauberBees, wasps & hornetsHarmlessAnts
Red imported fire ant
Maricopa harvester ant
Asian needle ant
Black imported fire ant
California harvester ant
Florida harvester ant
Red harvester ant
Samsum ant
Southern fire antCaterpillars & bugs
Giant water bugCaterpillars & bugsJust hurts
Puss caterpillarCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Saddleback caterpillarCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Wheel bugCaterpillars & bugsJust hurts
Black-waved flannel mothCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Brown-tail mothCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Buck mothCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Eastern bloodsucking conenoseCaterpillars & bugsJust hurts
Io mothCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Masked hunterCaterpillars & bugsJust hurts
Giant vinegaroonCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Garden tiger mothCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Milkweed assassin bugCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Monkey slug caterpillarCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Spiny oak slugCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
White-marked tussock mothCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessJellyfish & sea stingers
Four-handed box jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersCan killDo not touch
Atlantic banded box jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Clinging jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Atlantic sea nettleJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Branching fire coralJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurts
Pacific sea nettleJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Black sea nettleJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Boxer crab anemoneJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Pink meanieJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Purple-striped jellyJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Sun anemoneJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Thimble jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersJust hurtsDo not touch
Moon jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Cannonball jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Giant green anemoneJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Australian spotted jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Giant Caribbean sea anemoneJellyfish & sea stingersHarmless
Tiny clinging box jellyfishJellyfish & sea stingersHarmlessCone snails & octopuses
Textile coneCone snails & octopusesCan kill
Princely coneCone snails & octopusesNeeds a doctor
Purple coneCone snails & octopusesNeeds a doctor
Turtle coneCone snails & octopusesNeeds a doctor
Blue sea dragonCone snails & octopusesJust hurts
Crown coneCone snails & octopusesJust hurts
East Pacific red octopusCone snails & octopusesJust hurts
Giant Pacific octopusCone snails & octopusesHarmless
California coneCone snails & octopusesHarmlessVenomous fish
Red lionfishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
False stonefishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Spotted scorpionfishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
BarbfishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
California scorpionfishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Channel catfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Leaf scorpionfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Spotted eagle rayVenomous fishJust hurts
Spotted ratfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Walking catfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Bat rayVenomous fishJust hurts
Brown bullheadVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Carolina madtomVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Gafftopsail catfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Hardhead catfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
LeatherjackVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Round stingrayVenomous fishJust hurts
StonecatVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Tadpole madtomVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Yellow stingrayVenomous fishJust hurts
Horn sharkVenomous fishHarmlessUrchins, stars & worms
Bearded firewormUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touch
Long-spined sea urchinUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touch
Banded sea urchinUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touch
Blue-black urchinUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touch
Collector urchinUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurts
Golden firewormUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touch
Radiant sea urchinUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touch
Rose flower urchinUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurts
Savigny's long-spined urchinUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touch
Touch-me-not spongeUrchins, stars & wormsJust hurtsDo not touchVenomous mammals
Northern short-tailed shrewPoison frogs, toads & newts
California newtPoison frogs, toads & newtsCan killDo not touchRough-skinned newtPoison frogs, toads & newtsCan killDo not touch
Colorado River toadPoison frogs, toads & newtsNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Red-bellied newtPoison frogs, toads & newtsNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Green and black poison dart frogPoison frogs, toads & newtsJust hurtsDo not touch
American toadPoison frogs, toads & newtsHarmlessOther poisonous animals
Devil reef crabOther poisonous animalsDeadlyToxic zoanthidOther poisonous animalsCan killDo not touch
Red-striped oil beetleOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsDo not touch
Striped blister beetleOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsDo not touch
Yellow boxfishOther poisonous animalsHarmless
Eastern lubber grasshopperOther poisonous animalsHarmlessBitten or stung?
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