Although their bites are rare and less severe than those of black widow spiders, these arachnids are still worth watching out for — and learning about, especially if you live in southern ...

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' ...

Residents of southern California (or other southern ... such as markings that are similar to those on the black widow spider. They're also venomous, and while their bite may not be as painful ...

The thought of black widow spiders is enough to send chills down one’s spine ... two out of 14 antibodies cross-neutralized between the whole venom of European and Southern black widows, suggesting ...

Although they resemble black widow spiders, they are not as harmful ... Introduced with bananas from the Canary Islands and Madeira, they are now well established in the southern counties and ...

Taking to his educational wildlife YouTube channel, Jack can often be seen writhing in pain and rating some of the most gory encounters he's had with nature's most dangerous critters, from bites to ...

You can also find wolf spiders outside in various locations: In our around debris, underneath boards, or in gaps around your home. What they look like: The infamous black widow has a shiny black ...

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.