Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

A 37-year-old woman from California became ill after grinding up a black widow spider and then intentionally injecting ...

Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite ...

Learn to identify and treat dangerous spider bites with expert advice on symptoms, treatments and prevention methods for the ...

Arachnophobia alert! There’s an eight-legged terror lurking in Spain’s warm coastal regions, and it’s got a reputation as ...

"It was the first confirmed discovery of a Black Widow in Slovakia," said Pavol Purgat, adding for the Plus Jeden Deň daily ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...

The redback is often mistaken for its cousin, the black widow, but the Southern Hemisphere ... as the male redback spiders rarely bite humans. Luckily, antivenom treatment for redback spider ...

MOST spiders are totally harmless – but a select few can give you serious trouble if they bite. Complications from some of Earth’s deadliest eight-legged biters include painful erections, ...

with lots of cases misdiagnosed as spider bites. The noble false widow has colonised new areas across the British Isles in recent years after being transported in cars and trucks. The spider’s ...

Below, find some spider bite pictures to help you identify what you're dealing with. Brown recluse and black widow spiders are venomous spiders Black widow and brown recluse spiders are "the two ...

The spider has been linked to several deaths ... its species can be found on every continent in the world. A bite from a black widow can cause significant muscle pain, tummy cramps, sweating ...