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	Encyclopedia: Black widow spider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Adult female fl widow spiders are shiny fl with an hourglass shape marking on the bottom of its abdomen which, although most commonly red, may range in color from white to yellow to various shades of orange and red.
		The fl widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) is a spider notorious for its neurotoxic venom.
		The brown widow spiders are easily differentiated from the brown recluse because the brown widowed spiders have a similar appearance to that of the fl widows and, of course, lack the fiddle marking.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Black-widow-spider (1269 words)

	AllRefer.com - black widow (Zoology: Invertebrates) - Encyclopedia
		fl widow, poisonous spider of the genus Latrodectus, found throughout North and South America and common in the SW United States.
		The adult is fl with a red or reddish-orange hourglass-shaped marking on the lower abdominal surface.
		Black widow spiders are classified in the phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida, order Araneae, family Theridiidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/blackwid.html (238 words)

	Black Widow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		fl widow spider (Latrodectus mactans), a poisonous spider that is infamous for the female's habit of eating the male after sexual intercourse.
		Black Widow is a 1987 motion picture starring Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, and Dennis Hopper, about a woman who murders the men she marries for their money.
		Black Widow is a 2005 motion picture starring Sarah Slean, Mary Margaret O'Hara and Martin Tielli, loosely based on the life of Evelyn Dick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Widow (341 words)

	Black Widow Spider: Control, Description, Biology of Black Widow Spiders
		Black widow spiders are common around wood piles, and are frequently encountered when homeowners carry firewood into the house.
		The bite of the female fl widow spider may not always be felt at first and besides slight local swelling, there is usually little evidence of a lesion.
		Black widow bites are sharp and painful, and the victim should go to the doctor immediately for treatment.
	www.pestproducts.com /blackwid.htm (766 words)

	Black Widow Spider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Black widows are very timid spiders and are not known to agressively bite humans.
		However, the venom of fl widows is a neurotoxin and it may interfere with the nerve impulses to muscle tissue.
		Black widows belong to the Family Theridiidae, a group of spiders known as the comb-footed spiders because of the specialized comb structure on tarsus IV.
	kaston.transy.edu /widow.html (674 words)

	Black Widow
		The fl widow has a red mark that is in the shape of an hourglass on the abdomen.
		Black widow spiders are highly poisonous, in fact they are considered the most poisonous spider in North America.
		Black widows eat flies, moths and other flying insects as well as ants and other spiders that are trapped in its web.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/jackhulland/classes/colberg/spiders/spiders/reports/gabriel/blackwidow2.html (188 words)

	Black Widow Spiders and Other Spiders of Medical Importance
		The female fl widow spider is the one usually seen, as the male is often eaten by the female after mating.
		The brown widow spiders are easily differentiated from the brown recluse because the brown widowed spiders have a similar appearance to that of the fl widows and, of course, lack the fiddle marking.
		Black Widow Spiders Common to Middle East - Two species of fl widow are common in the Middle East, Latrodectus pallidus, occurring from Libya to Azerbaidjan, and Latrodectus hysterix, known from Aden and Yemen.
	members.tripod.com /~LouCaru/index-13.html (3691 words)

	Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus mactans) - Chesapeake Bay Program
		Black widows generally are not aggressive unless confined or bothered, and the amount of venom a female injects is minute (the males are harmless).
		The female fl widow's notorious habit of eating the male after mating is the rule, but there are exceptions if the female is already well fed, and some males do escape to mate again.
		The fl widow's bite may be felt only as a pin prick, during which the spider's fangs inject a minute amount of highly toxic venom under the skin.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /info/black_widow.cfm (706 words)

	Black Widow Spiders and Black Widow Spider Pictures
		The female fl widow spider is the most easily recognized, her shiny fl body giving great contrast to the red hourglass marking on her round abdomen.
		Adult fl widow spider males are harmless, about half the female's size, and usually have yellow and red bands with spots on their backs.
		The fl widow spider’s range is from Massachusetts to Florida and west to California, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
	www.doyourownpestcontrol.com /black_widow_spider.htm (1069 words)

	Black Widow Spider, HYG-2061A-04
		Adult female northern fl widow spiders are shiny fl or brown-fl with a row of red spots on the top of the abdomen along the midline.
		The northern fl widow spider is similar to the fl widow except its habitat is marginal land with sparse vegetation.
		Black widow spiders are often found in undisturbed, cluttered areas indoors, so discard old boxes, old clothing, lumber, and other unwanted items in basements, crawl spaces, garages, and outbuildings.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/2000/2061A.html (1390 words)

	Black Widow Spiders - DesertUSA
		The female Black Widow is shiny fl, usually with a reddish hourglass shape on the underside of her spherical abdomen.
		The venom of the fl widow spider is 15 times as toxic as the venom of the prairie rattlesnake.
		The fl widow spider is shy and nocturnal in habit, usually staying hidden in her web., hanging belly upward.
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	MSN Encarta - Black Widow Spider
		Black Widow Spider, common name for any of several related long-legged, smooth-bodied spiders, chiefly inhabiting the Tropics, but also common in the southern United States and found as far north as Canada.
		At least three other species found in the United States are also poisonous to humans: the brown, or gray, widow spider; the red widow spider, with irregular red and yellow markings; and the northern widow spider, with a row of red spots above and two red bars on the underside of the abdomen.
		The brown, or gray, widow spider is classified as Latrodectus geometricus, the red widow spider as Latrodectus bishopi, and the northern widow spider as Latrodectus variolus.
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	Black Widow Spiders -- General Exterminating, Inc.
		The fl widow spider is present in every state in the union and is found in Canada and South America.
		The female is shiny fl with a bright red hourglass shaped marking on the underside of the abdomen.
		The adult male fl widow is one-half to two-thirds the length of the female, has a small abdomen, and is seldom noticed.
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	Black widow spider
		Today people are most likely to suffer fl widow bites while moving lumber or other clutter from infested areas, while sitting on outdoor furniture, or when putting on clothing in which a spider is trapped.
		The venom of the fl widow is and oily yellow fluid that causes a general release of neurotransmitters at synaptic junctions, and so the clinical manifestations of a fl widow bite are primarily neurological.
		The southern fl widow spider, Latrodectus mactans (Araneae, Theridiidae), as a predator of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), in Texas cotton fields.
	www.uark.edu /depts/entomolo/museum/widow.html (980 words)

	Black Widow Spiders
		The most commonly recognized feature of female fl widows is the presence of a red or red-orange hourglass pattern on the underside of the abdomen.
		Widow spiders build loose and irregular mesh-type webs, often on plants, in loose stone or wood piles, or in the corners of rooms, garages or outbuildings.
		Black widows, and other spiders, bite using a pair of fangs known as chelicerae.
	cecalaveras.ucdavis.edu /bwidow.htm (1103 words)

	CPCS: Spider Bites
		Black widow spiders generally live in trash, closets, attics, woodpiles, garages and other dark places.
		The fl widow spider is a shiny, inky fl spider with a large round tail segment (abdomen).
		A fl widow spider bite gives the appearance of a target, with a pale area surrounded by a red ring.
	www.calpoison.org /public/spiders.html (2254 words)

	Hey! A Black Widow Spider Bit Me!
		What a Black Widow Spider Is The fl widow spider is one of a few poisonous kinds of spiders in the United States.
		The fl widow spider is shiny and fl with a red-orange or yellow mark in the shape of an hourglass on its stomach.
		Black widow spiders and their relatives can be found almost anywhere in the Western hemisphere of the world in damp and dark places.
	kidshealth.org /kid/ill_injure/bugs/black_widow.html (586 words)

	black widow on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		BLACK WIDOW [fl widow] poisonous spider of the genus Latrodectus, found throughout North and South America and common in the SW United States.
		Merry widows: an LA entomologist encounters fl widow spiders in school accounts.
		Arachnologist Barbara Abraham shows a Black Widow spider at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia..
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b1/blackwid.asp (870 words)

	Black Widow Spider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Females are about 40 mm long with legs outstretched and have fl, globular abdomens about 9 by 13 mm marked with a red or yellow hourglass shape underneath.
		Black widows usually seek dry, sheltered sites such as buildings during periods of cold weather.
		Black widow spiders can also be killed with pesticidal sprays.
	ipm.ncsu.edu /AG369/notes/black_widow_spider.html (513 words)

	The Black Widow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the Widow's second appearance she is sent to get a crime boss named Garvey Lang; she puts on a mask and goes to a costume ball, where she dances with him.
		Actually, the Widow is a veritable cornucopia of interesting bonuses, so much so that it's worth reading in and of itself, and not just for the fripperies which catch my eye with most of these strips.
		The net effect is to continually make the viewer aware of the Black Widow's body, and to both overtly and almost subliminally emphasize her sexuality; that is, the reader is made very aware of it in a few panels, and has it subtly reinforced in his/her mind in many other panels.
	www.geocities.com /jjnevins/widow.html (2623 words)

	MarvelDirectory.com
		Black Widow (I) Real Name: Natalia Alianovna Romanova ("Natasha" is the informal version of the name "Natalia," and is used by her close associates.
		The Black Widow was thwarted repeatedly by the original Iron Man in her various schemes against Stark Industries.
		The Black Widow used Hawkeye, who was then sought as a criminal and who found himself attracted to her, as an ally in some of her subversive activities.
	www.marveldirectory.com /individuals/b/blackwidowi.htm (774 words)

	P2154 Spiders: Brown Recluse & Black Widow
		It is a characteristic shiny fl color with a red hourglass mark on the underside of the abdomen.
		Black widow males (not reported to have caused any venomous bites) are considerably smaller than the female fl widow, and its abdomen is more elongate rather than the globular shape of the female.
		The fl widow has three growth stages—egg, immature (spiderling) with 7 to 9 stages, and the adult spider.
	msucares.com /pubs/publications/p2154.html (3339 words)

	Southern black widow spider
		The western fl widow, Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin and Ivie, usually has the hourglass marking connected or complete with the anterior triangle larger and wider than the posterior triangle.
		The northern fl widow, Latrodectus variolus Walckenaer, usually has the hourglass divided, typically with red spots on the dorsum and white lines on the sides.
		Widow spiders are known from every state (except Maine where it undoubtedly also occurs) and several Canadian provinces.
	insects.tamu.edu /fieldguide/cimg368.html (763 words)

	NORTHROP P-61C "BLACK WIDOW" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The heavily-armed Black Widow was this country's first aircraft specifically designed as a night-fighter.
		In the Pacific, a Black Widow claimed its first "kill" on the night of July 6, 1944.
		The Black Widow on display was presented to the U.S. Air Force Museum by the Tecumseh Council, Boy Scouts of America, Springfield, Ohio, in 1958.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/air_power/ap25.htm (232 words)

	Amazon.com: Black Widow: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The original, old school Black Widow, (who left the Soviet Union a generation ago), is competing with the self-proclaimed new "Black Widow," who just happens to have a chip on her shoulder towards upstaging and outdoing the original Black Widow.
		The old style Black Widow shows more experience, patience, and is harder to outsmart; while the new style Black Widow gets to the point faster, and is more unpredictable, but often realizes that she may have bit off more than she can chew in various situations.
		In this Black Widow story, the Black Widow is ordered to stop the sinister operations of an Arabian Warlord who plans to produce an army of vicious super-soldiers with a chemical virus.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785107843?v=glance (1765 words)

	Spider Myths: Mate and be eaten!
		To understand the facts about fl widow mating, you must first understand that there are many different species worldwide in the fl-widow group (the genus Latrodectus), and three different fl widow species in the United States alone, two in the east and one in the west.
		One dating from the days of beehive hair-dos relates that a young woman died from the bites of fl widow spiderlings that had hatched inside her bouffant.
		Even if fl widow hatchlings could bite, the minute amount of venom they carry would not likely be very harmful; even the bites of adult females are very rarely fatal if properly treated.
	www.washington.edu /burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/blackwidow.html (455 words)

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