False black widow spiders. The females are about the same size as black widows, but they don't have the red marking on the abdomen. They're common in the Southern and Western U.S.

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False widows are recognisable from the markings on their body. But they're nowhere near as dangerous: for context, the venom of the black widow spider tends to be over 1,000 times more powerful ...

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False widow spiders are sometimes confused with black widows. But though both species have dark-coloured, spherical bodies, the venom of a false widow is far less potent.

False Black Widow. The shape and color of false black widows often cause people to mistake them for black widows. However, they don’t have the iconic hourglass mark.

A female false black widow spider is pictured spinning a web. Researchers have found that black widows are able to manipulate their webs to make them appear more sexually attractive to male spiders.