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  2. Latrodectus mactans - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider, [citation needed] is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat their mates after reproduction.

  3. Latrodectus hesperus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be red, yellow, and on rare occasions, white.

  4. Latrodectus - Wikipedia

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    Elsewhere, others include the European black widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus), the Australian redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) and the closely related New Zealand katipō (Latrodectus katipo), several different species in Southern Africa that can be called button spiders, and the South American black-widow spiders (Latrodectus ...

  5. What do spider bites look like? Know these dangerous ... - AOL

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    Brown recluse and black widow spiders are venomous spiders. ... The venom of a black widow spider, however, is a neurotoxin, the CDC says. Therefore, black widow venom causes widespread pain ...

  6. Black Widow spiders are rarely deadly and have a bad rap ...

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    Despite the estimated 2,200 Black Widow bites annually in the nation, only one known death has occurred since 1983. | Letters to the Editor Black Widow spiders are rarely deadly and have a bad rap ...

  7. As more black widow spiders start to appear, here’s how to ...

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    The venomous, black widow spider is currently mating and laying its eggs in states across the U.S., which means you could be seeing it more frequently under your firewood piles, inside electrical ...