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

The male black widow spider tends to be smaller. Black widow spider webs tend to be messy and asymmetrical in appearance.

If black widow spiders are living in your home, they tend to build webs in spots that are away from normal traffic patterns and human activity. They look for dark and dry secluded areas ...

A 37-year-old woman from California became ill after grinding up a black widow spider and then intentionally injecting ...

A bite from a black widow can cause significant muscle pain ... wear a hat to protect your head. The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) can cause serious illness and even death in humans.

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as ...

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. A member of the ...

But despite looking similar to the more dangerous black widows, all these spiders are likely to do is ... in kitchens and conservatories. Their webs are a tangle of threads, a characteristic of all ...

MOST spiders are totally harmless – but a select few can give you serious trouble if they bite. Complications from some of Earth’s deadliest eight-legged biters include painful erections, ...