Black Widow

"Black Widow"   

Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders with several species that, together, are commonly known as true widows. This group is composed of those often loosely called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders. The mature female widow spiders are typically dark brown or a shiny black in color and usually exhibits a red or orange hourglass on the ventral surface (underside) of the abdomen. Note that some may have a pair of red spots and some even no marking at all.

These small window spiders have an unusually potent venom containing the neurotoxin latrotoxin, which causes the condition latrodectism, both named after the genus. Female widow spiders have unusually large venom glands and their bite can be particularly harmful to large vertebrates, including humans. Only the bites of the females are dangerous to humans.

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Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus