The Prevalence of Brown Widow and Black Widow Spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Urban Southern California. Journal of Medical Entomology , Volume 49, Number 4, July 2012 , pp. 947-951(5) DOI: 10. ...

As far as anyone knows for certain, brown widow spiders have only resided in Southern California for a decade or so -- the first in the region was spotted in Torrance in 2003.

Before you go on the defensive, read this - what you need to know this spider season. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura County California Welcome, Mickey ...

People who’ve lived in Los Angeles long enough have probably come across a black widow spider or two. But maybe not recently. That’s because black widows are disappearing from Southern California, ...

Move over, dogs. We’re entering the spider days of summer. When it warms up, spiders come out of their hidey-holes. Not to tan, but to catch their bread and butter: bugs. The arachnid awakening ...

If you're getting sick of all these brown folks invading Southern California, they're not done yet. A new research paper co-authored by Richard Vetter, professor of urban entomology at UC ...

Since then, they have spread all over the southern states as well as California. According to Live Science , both the brown and black widow spiders are from the same genus, which is made up of ...

A UC Riverside scientist is asking for the public”s help to track the distribution of brown widow spiders in California. Brown widows” range expanded rapidly in Southern California since their ...

The females that can be black, brown, tan, gray, ... The southern house spider has eight eyes that are clustered together like a mound on the front portion of their head.