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A new venomous spider has officially made New Zealand home. The noble false widow spider is one of the world's most invasive ...

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Some of the more common spiders in the Kamloops and Okanagan regions are the shiny black widows, the tiny jumping spiders, ...

While most people are wary of copperhead snakes and black widow spiders, there are other potentially dangerous creepy crawly things you might meet.

The lifespan of male and female black widow spiders is another point of contrast. Females typically live between 10 to 18 months, whereas males only live for 3 to 5 months.

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Then she found a black widow spider in their home. “I panicked,” she said. “And I threw it down and I killed it.” A few days later, she noticed one crawling on her husband while he was in bed.

Then she found a black widow spider in her Denver home. “I panicked,” Brewer-Thomas said, “and I threw it down and I killed it.” Days later, she found another on her husband as he slept.