When black widow spider eggs hatch, the spiderlings (baby spiders) that emerge look very different from mom or dad. They have unique patterns and coloration, often displaying white or yellowish ...

Although the common name 'black widow spider' is most commonly used to refer to the three North American species best known for their dark coloration and red hourglass pattern, it is occasionally ...

is probably the most common Widow spider in our area. The base color of Black Widows is jet black, with various patterns of red, orange, yellow, and/or white markings on their abdomens.

However, this does not mean that they do not have a distinguishing pattern or marking. Brown recluses have violin-shaped ...

Bit(e) by bit(e), in a pattern first noticed a decade ago, the black widow spiders are being displaced by the interlopers. The team’s research is published today in the Annals of the ...

The black widow spider is one of Kansas’ two native spiders ... said the web is sticky and has a very disorganized pattern. “The web has a very crazy design. It’s very unorthodox ...

As spider season ramps up this year ... females more closely resemble the complicated male pattern. Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow. “The northern black widow, Latrodectus variolus ...

Venomous black widow spiders can be found throughout New Jersey ... It has a lighter background color with the darker pattern that forms an hourglass shape, wide bands at its sides and narrow ...