Black Widow Spider Picture

Female black widow spider picture

Male black widow spider picture

The female specimen is much bigger (the male is about 1/3 its size), and has the well known and noticeable red hourglass on the bottom side of its abdomen, as we can see in the top left spider picture. The male's venom is not poisonous for the human, its body us much thinner, and has longer legs.

black widow spider picture

« More about male and female black widow differences in the link on the left menu

Black widow spider with its eggs

Seven days after mating, the female lays a number of 2000 eggs. These eggs have the appearance of jelly capsules of a transparent white, which are protected and separated in different sacks over the web.

In a month or so, the baby spiders grow and tear the sacks, getting away from their mother to start their own arachnid life. They are so small that they can take use of the air currents to travel away.

The life of a black widow is about three years long.

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Here are some Black Widow spider male and female pictures so you can learn to identify this specimen better.

Female black widow spider picture

Male black widow spider picture

Black widow spider with its eggs