The brown widow spider is among the most dangerous spiders in North America. It actually first evolved in Africa and then spread throughout many other parts of the globe, including southern ...

such as the noble false widow and the false black widow. The brown widow spider is thought to come from either South America or Africa, but no one knows for sure. The brown widow has spread to ...

North Africa, West Asia, South America and the U.S. What Makes This Scary Spider So Dangerous The noble false widow spider is the most common arachnid in the U.K, first spotted in the region in ...

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 spp.), can cause concern when ...

Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

the noble false widow spider. S. nobilis has been in Britain for over a century, probably after being introduced in ship cargo from the Canary Islands or Madeira. The species has been expanding its ...