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

Red widow spiders have entirely red-brown bodies, with the exception of their black abdomen. ©Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive / CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons – Original ...

A 37-year-old woman from California became ill after grinding up a black widow spider and then intentionally injecting ...

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 ...