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The term ‘black widow’ covers a number of different species of Latrodectus spiders. The name derives from the generally held belief that the female spider invariably eats the male after mating. Recent observations indicate that this may be the case in only a few species.

North American spider Latrodectus mactans. The male is small and harmless, but the female is 1.3 cm/0.5 in long with a red patch below the abdomen and a powerful venomous bite. The bite causes pain and fever in human victims, but they usually recover.



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tribes as they are frustrated over the continuous attacks of the Black Widows on the railway property which has brought the whole district to a grinding halt, snapping all communication.
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