The western black widow, the only widow species native to Colorado and the only spider species that can harm a person with its venom, is entering the reproductive phase of its life cycle ...

Southwest Colorado is home to a diverse cast of spiders and arachnids, including several iconic species such as tarantulas, the notorious black widow and bizarre-looking wind scorpions.

And once you go south of Colorado, you pick up more species, but we just have the one species here in the southeastern part of the state. We have some other tarantula-like spiders in the western ...