There are 31 species
of black widow spiders, but most of them — including the western black widow, which lives in the United States — DO NOT eat their mates.
She is reminiscent
of every black widow woman from every film noir ever made: Lana Turner wrapping John Garfield around her little finger in «The Postman Always Rings Twice» or Barbara Stanwyck playing Fred MacMurray like a violin in «Double Indemnity.»
«The essential features
of black widow and redback binaries are that they place a normal but very low - mass star in close proximity to a millisecond pulsar, which has disastrous consequences for the star,» said Roger Romani, a member of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, an institute jointly run by Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, Calif..
Black widow (Latrodectus mactans) The venom
of the black widow contains a nerve toxin that produces excruciating pain throughout the body.
On her abdomen, round as a raindrop, Charlotte wore a scarlet hourglass - the mark
of the black widow.
The study focused on Latrodectus Hesperus, a species
of black widow native to western North America including parts of Canada.Theseblack widows are not generally cannibalistic but males are much smaller than females, meaning if a female is hungry her drive to feed will be greater than her drive to reproduce.
I tossed a grasshopperinto the web
of a black widow spider, assuming the spider woulddispatch it quickly.
Even before the recent genome work, researchers had characterized some of the components
of black widow venom, identifying two seemingly unique families of proteins: latrotoxins, which act on neurons; and latrodectins, whose role in venom remains unclear.
Although the calculated mass for that pulsar, called J1614 - 2230, is lower than
that of the black widow pulsar, the uncertainty in the measurement is smaller: + / - 0.04 solar masses vs 0.12 solar masses for the black widow pulsar.
Currently, there are three recognized species
of black widow found in North America: The southern black widow (L. mactans), the northern black widow (L. variolus), and the western black widow (L. hesperus).
Pain and symptoms begin to subside.Most recover completely within 3 - 5 days.Weakness and occasional spasms can persist for weeks and months, though.Different species
of black widows can be found on nearly every continent.But it seldom bites unless threatened or protecting its eggs.
Not exact matches
Black widows have a cocktail
of neurotoxins that enhance the effect
of its main component a lpha - latrotoxin.
With its now iconic
black - and - white tiles, it was made to look like the kitchen
of his
widowed mother, Mary.
Some early
black congregations began as benevolent societies, and all
of them were concerned for the welfare
of the sick, the
widowed and the orphaned.
She must have been a
widow, for she was all in
black, stooped from having carried too many jars
of water.
NEW YORK — As the
widow of NYPD Officer Joseph Piagentini cried Thursday at a police press conference, PIX11 learned the son
of Waverly Jones, the other cop assassinated with Piagentini in 1971, supported the parole
of Black Liberation Army radical, Herman Bell.
Although the common name «
black widow spider» is most commonly used to refer to the three North American species best known for their dark coloration and red hourglass pattern, it is occasionally also applied to several other members
of the Latrodectus (
widow spider) genus in which there are 31 recognized species including the Australian red - back, brown
widow spider (sometimes called the gray
widow), and the red
widow spider.
Adult female
black widow spiders are shiny
black with an hourglass shaped marking on the underside
of its abdomen which, although most commonly red, may range in color from white to yellow to various shades
of orange and red.
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The bright red markings on the back
of a female
black widow spider is a clear warning to people to stay away — the venom in her bite can be lethal.
Now Marten van Kerkwijk
of the University
of Toronto, Canada, and his colleagues estimate that the
black widow pulsar B1957 +20 (depicted right) is 2.4 solar masses (arxiv.org/abs/1009.5427).
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This toxin may have evolved in
black widows because they are big enough to build webs capable
of ensnaring small lizards and other prey with backbones, Garb suggests.
The notorious
black widow spins two very different sorts
of webs.
His team have been conducting a long - term study
of western
black widows in Arizona's state capital, Phoenix.
New UTSC research shows that male
black widow spiders prefer their female mates to be well - fed virgins, revealing a rare example
of mate preference by male spiders.
The unicorn beetle in the picture, along with a
black widow spider, praying mantis, scorpion and carpenter ant, are animated robots designed by the creators
of ET.
The scientists also use molecular biology tools to compare the genomes
of spiders that have extremely noxious venoms, including the
black widow and the brown recluse, to those
of spiders with non-poisonous venoms, such as the house spider.
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At least 18
black widow and nine redback binary systems have been found within the Milky Way so far, and additional members
of each class have been discovered within the dense globular star clusters that orbit our galaxy.
By age 19, the
widowed mother
of four was selling Shea Butter, African
Black Soap and her homemade hair and skin preparations all over the countryside.
Widowed black female accountant, in search
of what it takes to put my life back together again.
HWP Height / weight proportionate IR Interracial IRL In Real Life ISO In search
of J Jewish K Kids Kino L Lesbian LD Light drinker LDR Long Distance Relationship LDS Latter Day Saints (Mormon) LS Legally separated, or Light smoker M Male MBA Married but available MBC Married
black couple MM Marriage minded MSM Men seeking men, or Men who have sex with men MSW Men seeking women MtF Male - to - female transgendered MWC Married white couple NA Native American NBM Never been married ND or N / D Non-drinker, No drinking, or No drugs Neg a backhanded compliment N / Drugs No drugs NK or N / K No kids NS or N / S Non-smoker NSA No strings attached NRE New Relationship Energy Open Relationship P Professional, or Parent PA Personal Attachment or Pleasing Appendage Pan pansexual Pansexual where gender is irrelevant Peacocking attracting attention through props and clothing PC Politically Correct, Personal Computer PD Public Display
of Affection PDA Public Display
of Affection Poly polyamory POSSLQ Person
of opposite sex sharing living quarters RL Real Life, i.e. not online, or in - person S Single SBF Single
black female SBiF Single bisexual female SBM Single
black male SD Social drinker SGL Single SI Similar interests SO Significant Other SOH Sense
of humor STDs Sexually transmitted diseases STIs Sexually transmitted infections STR Straight SWF Single white female SWM Single white male TG Transgendered TLC Tender loving care TS Transexual TV Transvestite Umfriend a sort
of, not really friend VBD Very bad date W
Widowed or White w / With WAA Will answer all Wingman see What is a Wingman?
Cast / credits plus additional information about the film One
of the world's greatest spies and master
of disguise, she's the legendary scarlet - haired NATASHA ROMANOVA, the
BLACK WIDOW!
Katja's rage (she dresses in
black, but more like a punk ninja than a
widow) is such that she's not likely to get everything she wants from the legal system — she describes much
of what goes on in court as «chitchat» (the movie mixes English with subtitled German).
Black widow Cindy Landon: March 2004, chapter two
of four.
Black widow Cindy Landon: March 2004, chapter three
of four.
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of «
Black Panther» and collaborating with Oscar winner Steve McQueen on «
Widows,» listen to the latest episode
of «Playback» via the streaming link above.
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We're off to the far away land
of Communist and
Black Widows in the newest episode
of Two Chicks, One Show, as we discuss Agent Carter's «The Iron Ceiling» and Peggy's latest adventure in the Motherland.
Mirren, who arrives a reel or so in wearing
black mourning lace and an expression
of doomed martyrdom, has the real - life role here
of Sarah Winchester, supposedly cursed
widow of the 19th century US gun manufacturer.
Jackie Kennedy in a
black lace
widow's veil, following her husband's horse - drawn casket in a somber and pageantry - filled procession through the streets
of the capital.
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The 2011 Richard Linklater movie Bernie has
Black playing a Texas man who was so well liked that none
of his neighbors blamed him for killing an 81 - year - old
widow and putting her in the freezer.
Featuring a creepy and eerie tone, at least what we can tell from the screenplay written years ago, the casting
of Scarlett Johansson as the lead — a
black widow - like alien who lures prey in with her sexual charms — seems like an inspired choice.
Kelly Reno, the young star
of The
Black Stallion, returns as Alex Ramsey, living stateside with his
widowed mom (Teri Garr) and his magnificent horse, the
Black.
As
black clouds flash above the prairie, the injured body
of Roy Goode (Jack O'Connell) falls at the door
of widowed rancher Alice Fletcher (Michelle...
In the chilling science - fiction thriller Under The Skin, The Avengers «Scarlett Johansson plays a
black widow of another kind.
BLACK WIDOW infiltrates the group to uncover an even more startling revelation: Their weapon is powered by shards
of the COSMIC CUBE!