The most common species of black widow spider in North America is Latrodectus mactans, which is a shiny black color. On its ...

The American yellow sac spider likes to build silken ... No list of dangerous spiders in North America would be complete without the iconic black widow. It is actually divided into a few different ...

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' ...

The false widow spiders (Steatoda spp.) form a group of species that, because of their general resemblance to the much more notorious black widow spiders (Latrodectus ... in the southern counties and ...

There are nearly 3,000 spider ... a black widow or brown recluse), then proceed with caution in disposing of it, says Crumbley. According to the National Wildlife Federation, the American house ...