

In fact, the male black widow is reclusive and hardly ever seen by humans. The black widow is prey for birds and other spiders.Īlthough poisonous, the black widow is not considered aggressive unless threatened. Come to think of it, I can’t even think of any common/vulgar/slang terms for it either. The pants were above that line, and we were trying to figure out what to call it. The male is about half the female’s size. I was discussing with my wife some amazingly short hot-pants (do they still use that term) of a woman walking in front of us. The female black widow is approximately 1.5 inches (38 millimeters) long. The name “black widow” comes from the female’s habit of eating the male after mating. These three species have very similar physical and behavioral characteristics. Three species of poisonous North American spiders carry the common name black widow under the genus Latrodectus.Įach species occupies a distinct region of North America, as their names suggest: Eastern black widows ( L. After hatching, the baby spiders stay in the cocoon for up to one month. In the second piece, the actual scans, moving through the artists body from neck to crotch in speedy animation are set to the music of Ava Maria.

The eggs incubate for some 20 days in a small, round papery sac that’s attached to the mother’s web. The female black widow lays approximately 200 eggs.

The tips of the black widow’s legs are coated with an oily substance that prevents the black widow from getting caught in its own web.Īdult male and female black widows live solitary lives, meeting only to breed.
