Believe it or not black widows are not as fatal as you believe. The black widows venom, mating habits, Appearance, and many other traits make the black widow a unique subject.
The widows appearance is an intriguing feature. They are a shiny black in color and usually the males are lighter in color. They have a red hourglass on the underside of their abdomens. The females are larger than the males. As a species they range from three to ten millimeters in size and usually weigh about one gram. They have combed back feet due to belonging to the Theridiidae family.
Though the appearance is intriguing its habitat is the interesting part. They can survive on almost every continent. They have been found in the United States, South Europe, Asia, Australia, …show more content…
The prey is “ensnared in the web.” it wraps the prey in silk and injects digestive enzymes. One the enzymes have digested the prey the widow sucks up the juices. The black widow spider usually catches and eats a variety of arthropods. Black widows also eat other spiders and arachnids. This is useful for getting rid of crop eating pests. A small list of things they eat is flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Speaking of food, after mating the female eats the male. She does this in order to get nutrients for the eggs. Female black widows interesting in mating hang upside down and waits for a male to impregnate them. This process is usually done in the early summer. When the black widow makes its egg sack it has from 200-900 eggs which usually hatch after 30 days. Few babies survive this due to the hatchlings cannibalism of their siblings and mother. Usually black widows live solitary except during the process of mating. Despite common belief a widow's bite isn't as deadly as many think. First of all the black widow only bites people when threatened. Even so the venom is only fatal to the young the old and the sick. Even so the venom is fifteen times stronger than a snakes. The bite causes paralysis of diaphragm, and nausea. Symptoms last anywhere from twelve hours to several days. The bite feels like a pin prick to most. Even so the female's venom is the only
The widows appearance is an intriguing feature. They are a shiny black in color and usually the males are lighter in color. They have a red hourglass on the underside of their abdomens. The females are larger than the males. As a species they range from three to ten millimeters in size and usually weigh about one gram. They have combed back feet due to belonging to the Theridiidae family.
Though the appearance is intriguing its habitat is the interesting part. They can survive on almost every continent. They have been found in the United States, South Europe, Asia, Australia, …show more content…
The prey is “ensnared in the web.” it wraps the prey in silk and injects digestive enzymes. One the enzymes have digested the prey the widow sucks up the juices. The black widow spider usually catches and eats a variety of arthropods. Black widows also eat other spiders and arachnids. This is useful for getting rid of crop eating pests. A small list of things they eat is flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Speaking of food, after mating the female eats the male. She does this in order to get nutrients for the eggs. Female black widows interesting in mating hang upside down and waits for a male to impregnate them. This process is usually done in the early summer. When the black widow makes its egg sack it has from 200-900 eggs which usually hatch after 30 days. Few babies survive this due to the hatchlings cannibalism of their siblings and mother. Usually black widows live solitary except during the process of mating. Despite common belief a widow's bite isn't as deadly as many think. First of all the black widow only bites people when threatened. Even so the venom is only fatal to the young the old and the sick. Even so the venom is fifteen times stronger than a snakes. The bite causes paralysis of diaphragm, and nausea. Symptoms last anywhere from twelve hours to several days. The bite feels like a pin prick to most. Even so the female's venom is the only