The venomous, black widow spider is currently mating and laying its eggs in states across the U.S., which means you could be seeing it more frequently under your firewood piles, inside electrical ...

Of the over 46,000 known spider species, only about 200 have venom potent enough to be of medical concern. This is assuming, of course, that an individual isn’t allergic to specific components ...

The closely related Brown Widow is dark brown; but also has the distinctive orange to white markings found on abdomens of Black Widows. The female Widow’s abdomen is large and globular in shape ...

The venomous, black widow spider is currently mating and laying its eggs in states across the U.S., which means you could be seeing it more frequently under your firewood piles, inside electrical ...

While male black widows are also black, they are smaller than females and have more color markings. Aggson said the males typically do not bite humans.

The venomous, black widow spider is currently mating and laying its eggs in states across the U.S., which means you could be seeing it more frequently under your firewood piles, inside electrical ...