The female western black widow is different than the male ... Scientific Name: Bothriocyrtum californicum California trapdoor spiders are experts in home construction, neatly lining their space ...

A 37 year old woman in California injected a crushed up black widow spider to see if she could get high from it, and she was admitted to the emergency room a few hours later ...

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 ...

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' ...

Their coloring is mottled, and females have black accent stripes ... and now appear to be spreading north through California. Brown widow spiders like to live in secluded, woody vegetation ...

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 ...