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

However, in the Mediterranean region there are only two spider species whose bites are considered a medical concern: the ...

The detected species of the Black Widow has not yet been domesticated in Europe, except in Cyprus, but other subspecies of these spiders live in Spain and also in the Mediterranean area. The female ...

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

This is because the black widow spider is found around the world, while the redback spider is found in Australia, Asia, ...

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' ...

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 thought of black widow spiders is enough to send chills down one’s spine ... that only two out of 14 antibodies cross-neutralized between the whole venom of European and Southern black widows, ...

The black widow spider can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Its venom is toxic and painful, leaving victims to feel the effects long after the bite. Following is a transcript of the ...

The false widow spiders (Steatoda spp.) form a group of species that, because of their general resemblance to the much more notorious black widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.), can cause concern when ...

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 ...