The animals most at risk from the black widow's bite are insects—and male black widow spiders. Females sometimes kill and eat their counterparts after mating in a macabre behavior that gave the ...

We will also address how venomous they are ... but male redback spiders are brown, while male black widow spiders are black ...

There are several spider species that call Georgia home, and some of them are venomous ... black widows. However, they don’t have the iconic hourglass mark. They prefer dim, temperate climates. Humans ...

Hot take: I think you should let spiders live in your home ... females more closely resemble the complicated male pattern. “The northern black widow, Latrodectus variolus, lives in the ...

While most spiders in Louisiana are harmless, even some venomous species ... says LaJaunie's Pest Control. The Black Widow spider has a glossy, black body with a distinct, red hourglass marking ...

The brown recluse and black widow are the most common venomous spiders in the U.S. and Alabama. What are their habitats and how to prevent a bite.

Young females are more fertile and easy to woo; older females often mate and then eat the male alive. No wonder they’re called widow spiders. To get sex with an older female, a male might fight ...

The false widow spiders (Steatoda spp.) form a group of species that, because of their general resemblance to the much more notorious black widow spiders (Latrodectus ... shiny abdomens. Male abdomens ...

Poisonous spiders ... outback peering into the nocturnal lives of redback spiders (one of about 20 species in the "black widow" genus, Latrodectus), what it's like to raise thousands of tiny ...

While most spiders in the home and business are harmless, the presence of venomous species can pose ... This dangerous black widow is a spider, not a superhero Alabama is home to two species ...

Louisiana is home to numerous different species of spiders, since the state's warm climate and diverse landscape makes for the perfect environment for the arachnids. While most spiders in Louisiana ...