Black widows have shiney black body and measure to one-half inch to an inch in body length. A female has a marking the color of orange-red shaped hour glass on its belly. Males on the other had have more of a red hourglass marking but much smaller. A male widow is harmless, to where as a female is very venomus. It injects the victim with venom which is neurotoxins, then puts digestive juice which decomposes the skin. It makes it easier for the widow to feed, then sucks out the digestive juice Facts:-ledges, rocks, plants and debris, any place an acutally web can be. In the winter it can force spiders into buildings, home, etc..(habitat)
-black widows prey on insects by catching them inside their web.
-its preyed upon MUD-DAUBER Wasp
-”Latrodectus” is another name for a Black widow
-As newly hatched black widows they are white with black spots on the abdomen and have a cream colored hourglass. -Females after a two year life span they produce several egg sacs
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