Sentences with phrase «widow spider»

And a black widow spider with several empty egg sacs and one full egg sac.

Perhaps no other creature on the planet has lent its behavioral traits to a human archetype more so than the poor maligned black widow spider.

A cat feeds happily with mice at its side, and a snake and a black widow spider could both stand for women disturbing the garden.

Evie will be able use her quick speed and agility to overcome enemies and scale buildings with relative ease, and of course you shouldn't mess with her when it comes to weapons she is as dangerous and deadly as a black widow spider.

Do you think a pet may have encountered a poisonous critter like a rattlesnake, black widow spider, brown recluse spider, scorpion, or other poisonous creature?

Diagnosed with what seemed to be a black widow spider bite on his rear leg, Jack was referred to us for hyperbaric oxygen treatment to reduce swelling.

Black widow spider bites may cause minimal swelling at the site, but can cause intense pain and even paralysis lasting up to 48 hours.

One is a black widow and one is a brown widow spider.

But after any unfortunate encounter with a black widow spider, our advice is: «This is unlikely to relieve the parts that Atkinson will not reach.»

Could the black widow spider not have acquired its poison gene from an invading bacteriophage?

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.

I tossed a grasshopperinto the web of a black widow spider, assuming the spider woulddispatch it quickly.

The black widow spider's telltale red hourglass - shaped mark appears brighter and more contrasting to birds than to insects, finds a new study.

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.

«Insect DNA extracted, sequenced from black widow spider web: Insect DNA remained detectable on spider web for at least 88 days.»

Southern black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) is with its prey house cricket (Acheta domesticus) trapped in spider web.

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.

It is a large widow spider found throughout the world and commonly associated with urban habitats or agricultural areas.

She'd lull her victim into a false sense of security and once his defenses were dissolved into complacency by a soft, girly, vulnerable illusion, Corcoran would go in for the kill, a red widow spider of real estate.

For the past 20 years Ireland has been subjected to an invasion of false widow spiders that are wiping out their indigenous cousins and are now threat -LRB-...)

Black widow spiders.

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.

DINING HABITS In a new book about cannibalism, a zoologist argues that female black widow spiders (Latrodectus mactans shown) don't deserve their bad rap.

The result is an increase in ticks, brown recluse spiders and black widow spiders, all serious health hazards for both pets and humans, she added.

Black widow spiders or praying mantises munching on their mates make sense somehow — they look a little monstrous to begin with — but did you know that some seahorses are cannibals?

Black widow spiders get their name from the females» supposed cannibalistic behaviour, but this has been exaggerated.

«Picky male black widow spiders prefer well - fed virgins.»

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.

It has long been known that black widow spiders, like some venomous snakes, can deliver «dry bites» to warn off larger animals without wasting venom on them.

Black widow spiders and their Australian cousins, known as redbacks, are infamous for their tainted love as they have an unsettling tendency to kill and devour their male partners.

False widows (Steatoda sp.) are sometimes confused for black widow spiders (Latrodectus sp.) and are mistakenly thought to be as dangerous.

It might seem like false widow spiders make a dash for your home as soon as the weather gets chilly, but they can actually be seen inside year - round.

Every autumn there are reports of false widow spiders becoming uninvited eight - legged houseguests in homes across the UK.

The common name widow spiders is sometimes applied to members of the genus due to the behavior of the female of eating the male after mating, although sometimes the males of some species are not eaten after mating, and can go on to fertilize other females

Black widow spiders are great pets for the responsible adult looking to have a unique animal be a part of their family.

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.

And then they'll squeal in pain from splinters, loose nails, black widow spiders, etc..

Not exact matches

Other spider species new to LA — such as the false widow — have likewise been accidentally imported.

«But, because there were no medically important spiders in Tahiti before the brown widow showed up, and because this new colonizer is there and has «widow» as part of its name, people are going to overreact.

Jérôme Marie, the first author on the paper, elaborates on this sentiment, writing, «The spider is shy, which means not as aggressive as the black widow.

Although a house spider's bite is not as painful as the black widow's, Garb and her colleagues were surprised to find that its venom is seething with latrotoxins — 47 in all, they revealed on 16 February in BMC Genomics.

The only black widow species that regularly eats its mates is the southern black widow, Latrodectus mactans — though the related Australian redback spider Latrodectus hasselti also does it, with the male somersaulting gently into the female's mouthparts, apparently on purpose.

«For some reason I tend to gravitate to these really dangerous spiders like the black widow,» says Garb.

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.

The most effective predators proved to be other spider species, like the false black widow (Steatoda grossa) and the American house spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum).

(Legend: Purple, black widow; yellow, yellow sac; red, hobo spider; green, brown recluse; blue, other recluses)

Widows vary in their toxicity with age, health, and gender, and these factors seem to come into play with hobo spiders as well.

The cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa) is one of the three most common false widow species in the UK.

The three most common are the rabbit hutch spider (Steatoda bipunctata), cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa) and the noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis).

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