Even if you know nothing about this spider, a few key details probably come to mind: a visible red hourglass mark and a ...

Red widow spiders have entirely red-brown bodies, with the exception of their black abdomen. ©Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive / CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons – Original ...

Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as ...

Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them. The animals most at risk from the black widow' ...

Venom 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake — the black widow spider. What happens when it bites? All black with a red hourglass, just bigger than a paperclip. Only the female can bite humans.

The first signs of a black widow spider bite are usually a pinprick sensation, minor swelling, redness and a target-shaped sore, Medline Plus explains. Within 15 minutes to an hour of getting the bite ...

A heroin user deliberately injected herself with a ground-up black widow spider in an attempt to get high. The 37-year-old woman from California, went to hospital in pain and told doctors that she ...

The first occurrence of a dangerous spider known as the Black Widow has been confirmed in Slovakia. The adult female arrived in Slovakia from California in a shipment of machine parts goods. She also ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...