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' ...

Sure, a cobweb in the living room might not look the best outside of the Halloween season, but that's a small price to pay to not have gnats buzzing around my face or cockroaches scurrying about ...

Nicholas Brandley didn’t think so, and embraced the study of black widow spiders. “Their fangs don’t even usually pierce human skin!” he says in an effort to be reassuring. While widows ...

A DAD has been left arthritic after his limbs nearly “exploded” from what he believes was a bite from a false widow spider. Brian Smith had woken up in bed to a sharp pain on the top ...

If these occur, it is important to seek immediate medical attention. This dangerous black widow is a spider, not a superhero Alabama is home to two species of black widow spiders: the southern ...

Alaska is the only state that doesn't have a type of black widow spider. Although black widow spider bites can be dangerous, ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The thought of black widow spiders is enough to send chills down one’s spine. Their painful bites contain a cocktail of chemicals, primarily the ...