Sentences with phrase «widow spider not»

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

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.»

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

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.

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.