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22. Black Widow Spider black widow spiders. The Black Widow spider (Latrodectus) is representedby five species in North America north of Mexico. Two of http://kaston.transy.edu/widow.html

23. UC Davis Bohart Museum Of Entomology View All. » Back to Insect Information Sheets black widow spiders BlackWidows are large, distinctive spiders in the genus Latrodectus. http://bohart.ucdavis.edu/bohart.asp?s=insects&f=bwidow

24. Black Widow Spider Hub Links related to Latrodectus mactans.Category Science Biology Araneae Theridiidae Latrodectus...... black widow spiders in the Low Desert by Lucy Bradley, Extension Agent,Urban Horticulture, Maricopa County. black widow spiders by DesertUSA. http://www.knowdeep.org/bwspider/

The black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans, is generally considered the most venomous spider native to North America. They live in undisturbed locations, such as under rocks and boards, abandoned buildings, wood piles. The poison of the black widow spider affects the nervous systems, such as dizziness, blurred vision and nausea. Acne Allergy Antibiotics Antioxidants ... Wedding Overviews - Research articles - Fact sheets Latrodectus mactans (Black Widow Spider) - by Shamika Mitchell. Black Widow Spider by the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service Black widow spider by MEDLINEplus - updated by Alan Greene, MD, CMO. Black Widow Spider - Ohio State University Extension Factsheet - by William F. Lyon. Black Widow Spiders in the Low Desert - by Lucy Bradley, Extension Agent, Urban Horticulture, Maricopa County. Black Widow Spider by North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology Black Widow Spider by Karen M. Vail Black Widow Spider - by Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension. Widow Spiders - by Julian R. Yates III Extension Urban Entomologist, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

25. Black Widow Spiders Habitat black widow spiders live in protected places such as woodpiles, understones and decks, in hollow trees or stumps, rodent burrows, or even in low http://www.westernpest.com/bugs/black_widow_spider.html

1-800-544-BUGS For Questions, Comments, or to order a free inspection please e-mail us Western promises to keep your e-mail address confidential Black widow spider Lactrodectus spp. Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Theridiidae Click to enlarge Size Characteristics Color Where found ... Control Size: Black widow spider adult female is about 1/2 in (12-13 mm) long, including the abdomen which is 1/4-3/8 in (7.2-9.6 mm) in diameter; length including legs is 1 1/2 to 1 3/8 in (38-43 mm); male is half that size. Characteristics: The abdomen is almost spherical. The common name comes from the belief that the female eats the male after mating, which rarely happens in nature. Color: Females are usually black, sometimes brownish, with 2 reddish triangular markings on her underside that are often joined so they look like an hourglass shape, but are sometimes only a single triangular mark. There are usually red markings above the spinnerets. Males usually have a color pattern on upper surface, a row of red spots with white lines or bars going out to the sides. Eyes: 8, with 2 side pairs almost touching. Last tarsal segment of 4th pair of legs has toothed bristles; claws on all lower leg segments. Young spiders are orange and white, becoming more and more black with age, with markings like males on upper side; also 1 or 2 reddish markings on underneath side. Where found: Around the world; 5 species in the United States. Lactrodectus hesperus, the western widow spider, is found in the western U.S. and western Canada.

26. Black Widow Spiders Picture Black Widow Spider. Click here to go back. http://www.westernpest.com/bugs/black_widow_spider_picture.html

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27. Exn.ca's Deadly Bugs: black widow spiders. Female black widow spiders use its venom to paralyzeits prey (Photo courtesy of Greensmiths Inc.). (By Roxane Tracey — Jun. http://www.exn.ca/bugs/BlackWidows.cfm

Black Widow Spiders Female black widow spiders use its venom to paralyze its prey (Photo courtesy of Greensmiths Inc.) (By Roxane Tracey Description: There are about six species of the black widow spider - all of which are poisonous. The female black widow spider (the most deadly of the two genders) is shiny and black, with a reddish hourglass shape on the bottom of her spherically shaped abdomen. The female's body is about two and a half centimetres long (including her legs). The male is about half her size and at times appears with a pair of reddish stripes on the sides of his abdomen. Where to find them: They make their homes everywhere from deserts to trash cans and attics - generally spinning their webs in warm, dark places. Black widows are found throughout most of the Western Hemisphere. Species such as Latrodectus hesperus are common in the western U.S. and the Latrodectus mactans species is common in eastern and central American states. The attack: Although nobody in the U.S. has died from a black widow spider bite in 10 years, it can be a painful experience if the female decides to attack. The more timid male black widow spider does not bite humans as the female reigns as the more aggressive of the two. Death is most likely to occur from a black widow spider bite if medical attention is unavailable. A female black widow spider's bite looks almost like a target, with a lighter area surrounded by a red circle. Although her venom is 15 times more potent than an equal amount of rattlesnake venom, her 1.7-millimetre fangs inject only a tiny amount of the liquid.

28. Black Widow Spider problem, gloves should be worn as a safeguard against being bitten.black widow spiders can also be killed with pesticidal sprays. http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/AG369/notes/black_widow_spider.html

29. Black Widow Spiders black widow spiders hang upside down from irregular webs one foot in diameter. Howto control black widow spiders Inspect at night when spiders are active. http://www.west-ext.com/black_widow_spider.html

Black widow spider Lactrodectus spp. Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Theridiidae Click to enlarge Size Characteristics Color Where found ... Control Size: Black widow spider adult female is about 1/2 in (12-13 mm) long, including the abdomen which is 1/4-3/8 in (7.2-9.6 mm) in diameter; length including legs is 1 1/2 to 1 3/8 in (38-43 mm); male is half that size. Characteristics: The abdomen is almost spherical. The common name comes from the belief that the female eats the male after mating, which rarely happens in nature. Color: Females are usually black, sometimes brownish, with 2 reddish triangular markings on her underside that are often joined so they look like an hourglass shape, but are sometimes only a single triangular mark. There are usually red markings above the spinnerets. Males usually have a color pattern on upper surface, a row of red spots with white lines or bars going out to the sides. Eyes: 8, with 2 side pairs almost touching. Last tarsal segment of 4th pair of legs has toothed bristles; claws on all lower leg segments. Young spiders are orange and white, becoming more and more black with age, with markings like males on upper side; also 1 or 2 reddish markings on underneath side. Where found: Around the world; 5 species in the United States. Lactrodectus hesperus, the western widow spider, is found in the western U.S. and western Canada.

30. Black Widow Spiders The Black Widow logo is used today by Alpha Company present day Black Widows are flyingBlack Hawk helicopters Dick Cherry Boy Detra Doorgunner Spiders 67-68. http://blackwidows.net/

WELCOME to the WIDOWS WEB Dedicated to the men who served with the: 188th ASSAULT HELICOPTER COMPANY 1 Nov 1966 - 1 July 1968 C COMPANY, 101st AVIATION BATTALION 1 July 1968 - 1 Feb 1972 603rd TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT 154th MEDICAL DETACHMENT 4th SIGNAL DETACHMENT 516th AVIONICS BASE CAMPS Dau Tieng a.k.a. Camp Rainier , III Corps LZ Sally , I Corps Phu Bai, I Corps "The Web" The 188th/C/101 Black Widow Association was founded in 1989 by C/101 pilot Bob Crow. Since 1992 Bob has coordinated our mini reunions at all VHPA reunions, plus an annual newsletter. C/101 people should contact Bob at 253-274-8669 or bobcrow@webtv.net. In 1992 C/101 pilot Richard Green came on board and began to help out with the roster and locator effort. In 1997 he agreed to try his hand at producing the Black Widow newsletter. 188th Motor Pool Sergeant Richard Cadreau does our printing and mailing. Anyone who is interested in sending articles or personal memories from their tour for the newsletter can reach Richard Green at 904-752-6950 or at rgreen@isgroup.net

31. Black Widow Spiders The pilots from the Spiders were transferred to the new battalion Aerial Weapons ofall unauthorized nose art and door art painted on Black Widow helicopters. http://interoz.com/blackwidows/patches.htm

BLACK WIDOWS 188th Assault Helicopter Company "C" Company 101st Aviation Battalion (C/101) Unauthorized Pocket Patch Collection After being activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in November 1966, the 188th Aviation Company (Air Mobile Light - AML) trained with elements of the 101st Airborne Division until deployment to the Republic of South Vietnam. Arriving in four separate groups, during the end of April 1967, the unit set up base camp in the Western III Corps Area of Operations. We would be living within the Michelin Rubber Plantation, one of the largest in Vietnam, at a place called Dau Tieng. It was also known as Camp Rainier, home of the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. On May 2, 1967 the 188th was assigned to the 269th Combat Aviation Battalion (Black Barons) headquartered at Chu Chi. Aim High was the battalion motto. The 269th was under the command of the 12th Aviation Group (Black Jack) located in Long Binh. We were designated as the 188th Assault Helicopter Company Black Widows and the gun ship platoon Spiders . These were also the unit call signs. Setting up tents in the mud and dealing with the heavy southwest monsoon season’s rain, made living conditions deplorable.

32. BROWN RECLUSE, BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS: UNWANTED VISITORS AgNews News and Public Affairs, Texas A M University Agriculture Program,July 30, 2001. BROWN RECLUSE, black widow spiders UNWANTED VISITORS. http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/ENTO/Jul3001a.htm

July 30, 2001 BROWN RECLUSE, BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS: UNWANTED VISITORS Writer: Linda Anderson, (979) 862-1460, lw-anderson@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. J. A. Jackman, (979) 845-7026, j-jackman@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Spiders may have a place in the great scheme of things – helping keep the insect population down and so forth – but people don't want that place to be in their own homes. Spiders' reputation as scary beasts is far bigger than their real role in ecology. In the Texas Cooperative Extension publication, "Spiders," (L-1787), Dr. J. A. Jackman, Extension entomologist, wrote: "Their beneficial role in keeping insect populations in check far outweighs the hazard posed by the few spiders that occasionally bite humans. Very few of the nearly 900 species of spiders in Texas can hurt people." However, it's those "very few" spiders that can harm humans that cause all the confusion and panic. Although Jackman reassured consumers that tarantulas, jumping spiders and wolf spiders, among others, aren't particularly dangerous to people, he goes on to warn that recluse spiders and black widow spiders are. RECLUSE SPIDERS Jackman listed five species of recluse spiders that have been found in Texas: Loxosceles apachae, L. blanda, L. devia, L. reclusa and L. rufescens. The best-known of these, he went on, is the brown recluse spider, L. reclusa. Brown recluse spiders can be identified by their six eyes, in three pairs, which are in a semi-circle on the front of the head. "The violin-shaped marking, often used to identify recluse spiders, is on the first body segment, not the second," he said, "and it is not always visible.

33. Orders Of Arachnids black widow spiders; Brown Recluse Spiders; An Arachnid Spaceship? Print This Lecture(Acrobat PDF). black widow spiders. Listen. Shiny black with red hourglass. http://www.ento.vt.edu/ihs/distance/lectures/arachnids/arachnids_slide04.shtml

Return to Course Schedule Goals and Learning Objectives Orders of Arachnids Order Araneida Black Widow Spiders Brown Recluse Spiders An Arachnid Spaceship? Order Scorpionida Scorpions ... Print This Lecture (Acrobat PDF) Black Widow Spiders Listen Shiny black with red hourglass. Can be black and yellow, black and orange! Not very aggressive. Usually more than one- males tiny. Like dark places Neurotoxins quite poisonous: go to hospital get antivenom. Excellent Spider Website

34. Lecture Three: Orders Of Arachnids Slide Index Orders of Arachnids; Order Araneida; black widow spiders;Brown Recluse Spiders; An Arachnid Spaceship? black widow spiders http://www.ento.vt.edu/Courses/Undergraduate/IHS/distance/lecture_files/Lecture4

Slide Index Orders of Arachnids Order Araneida Black Widow Spiders Brown Recluse Spiders ... Class Insecta Black Widow Spiders Shiny black with red hourglass. Can be black and yellow, black and orange! Not very aggressive. Usually more than one- males tiny. Like dark places Neurotoxins quite poisonous: go to hospital get antivenom. Click here for an excellent Spider Website.

35. Black Widow Spiders black widow spiders. Nancy Zuschlag, Colorado State University CooperativeExtension. The concept of a maledominated society has http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Garden/Amazing/blackwid.htm

Black Widow Spiders Nancy Zuschlag, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension The concept of a male-dominated society has yet to reach the world of the Black Widow spider. In Widow society, the female is the aggressor. Though Black Widow bites occur infrequently, it's usually the female who does the biting by using her large fangs. To reduce the possibility of injury, Black Widow bites require immediate medical attention. One reason the male Widow seldom bites is its size: It is smaller than the female and does not possess large enough fangs to penetrate the skin. The female Widow spider's aggressive nature is true but may be overstated. Courtship begins when the male touches the female. Eventually the male walks over the female and surrounds her in a silk wrap, sometimes called the `bridal veil.' But, if the process loses its charm, the female may interrupt the proceedings and attack the male. Widow spiders are common in much of Colorado. They prefer to nest near the ground in dark, undisturbed areas. Low shrubs can provide nesting areas as can small animal holes or wood piles. Back to Amazing Facts Back to Gardening Topics Back to Home Ask a Master Gardener ... Equal Opportunity © CSU/Denver County Cooperative Extension Master Gardener 1999-2003 Web pages maintained by Judy Sedbrook, Colorado Master Gardener

36. Widow Spiders the presence of the hour glass marking on the ventral side of the spider's abdomen,the brown widow is often mistaken for one of the two black widow spiders. http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/urban/Site/brwidow.htm

Urban Knowledge Master Widow Spiders Lactrodectus geometricus (Fabricius), Brown widow spider Lactrodectus mactans (Fabricius), Southern black widow Lactrodectus hesperus (Chamberlin and Ivie), Western black widow Author Hosts Distribution Damage ... References Author Julian R. Yates III Extension Urban Entomologist College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources University of Hawaii at Manoa HOSTS Insects, smaller spiders, sow bugs, centipedes, etc. DISTRIBUTION L. mactans: Eastern North America, eastern Mexico, and the West Indies; L. Hesperus: Oklahoma, Kansas, and middle Texas throughout the southwestern states; L. geometricus: world wide in the tropical zone. DAMAGE BIOLOGY EGGS The eggs sacs can be constructed by the females in one to three hours and are approximately 1 cm in diameter. Each female can produce 10 to 20 of these sacs during a lifetime, and each sac may contain 200 to 250 eggs. The eggs hatch within the sac in about two weeks. ADULTS The spiderlings undergo their first molt three to four days thence. In approximately 10 days they emerge from the sac through one to three holes that are about 1 mm in diameter. The spiderlings remain in the nest area for several weeks (135-240 days) where they undergo six to nine molts before reaching maturity. Female black widows can live 850 to 950 days when food is readily available. BEHAVIOR The brown widow spider is the most abundant and is commonly found in urban areas. It may be found indoors; however, favorite outdoor hiding places include the crawl space beneath homes and amongst piles of stored lumber, hollow tile blocks, abandoned vehicles, storage sheds, and stored items on shelves. Within the home, the brown widow may be found beneath tables and desks, behind shutters, in the angles of doors and windows, in the folds of clothing, in shoes, and under objects in dark, little-disturbed areas. The black widow spiders are less common and are generally associated with arid areas (western black widow) and higher elevations (southern black widow). Both can be found in crawl spaces, under rocks, in tiny voids, and in utility ducts.

37. The Black Widow A description, written by Faith M. Oi, of the Black Widow Spider, its bite, symptoms, and treatment.Category Health Conditions and Diseases Bites and Stings Insects...... black widow spiders are not aggressive. If disturbed, they typicallywill retreat to a corner of their web. However, these spiders http://www.aces.edu/department/ipm/BW.htm

Return To The IPM Alabama Homepage The Black Widow Faith M. Oi, Former Extension Entomologist , Assistant Professor, Entomology Thomas G. Shelton, Graduate Research Assistant , Entomology People are often afraid of spiders because of their ill-deserved reputation for envenomizing victims. In fact, most spiders do not have mouthparts strong enough to penetrate skin. Spiders are considered beneficial arthropods because they often prey on insects that we consider nuisances. Therefore, homeowners should be encouraged to leave spiders alone if the spiders are in their natural habitat such as the garden or yard. However, the black widow spider ( Latrodactus mactans ) is an exception. Description The black widow female is easily recognized by its shiny black body and red hour-glass marking on the underside of its abdomen ( Figure 1 ). The red marking can also be two separate spots of red. Females range in size from 5.0 to 13.5 mm (0.20 to 0.50 inches). Males range in size from 3.0 to 5.0 mm (0.12 to 0.20 inches), are completely black, and are seldom seen. The Web The web of the black widow spider is an irregular, tangled mesh of threads when compared with the symmetrical webs of the orb-weaving spiders commonly seen around homes and gardens. The black widow female is alerted when ensnared prey causes the web threads to vibrate.

38. Black Widow Spider Pictures, Information, Classification And Scientific classification black widow spiders make up the genus Latrodectusin the family Theridiidae. The name is applied especially http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/arachnids/spi

39. Mail Page #19 - Grasshoppers And Black Widow Spiders - United Exterminating Comp Grasshoppers and black widow spiders. mail19.html. Sounds like paradiseto me . We also seem to have quite a few black widow spiders around. http://www.unexco.com/mail/mail19.html

UnExCo Home Main Mail Page Message Board Grasshoppers and Black Widow Spiders mail19.html Sounds like paradise to me.... We moved into our home in October, we live on ten acres out of an original 110 acre tract of land that has never been developed. Only used to graze cattle. Recently we have been overtaken by grasshoppers, they are everwhere! I realize that living in the country it is impossible to get rid of them but is there any thing I can do to keep them from eating my rose bushes, hanging plants and small trees? We also seem to have quite a few black widow spiders around. We are in the process of removing brush and rock piles and clearing around our house to remove their habitat. Is there anything else that we can do now to get rid of them? I would greatly appreciate any help or advice that you have to offer. Thanks, Bonnie And my reply.... Hello, Bonnie: Sounds like you're out in the boonies! The grasshoppers (depending on what kind) are one of the joys of the boonies and are probably cyclical - meaning that some years are worse than other years. Hopefully this is a bad year. There probably isn't too much you can do about it, unfortunately. There is no "chemical" defense I know of (that won't hurt the roses) if you can screen them (a physical barrier) it might be the best way. When you get that many grasshoppers, they don't care what chemicals you put on the plants. Black widow spiders are secretive animals - so cleaning up the area would be the most efficient. They LOVE rock piles - we find them around here in the rock beds of railroad tracks. You're doing what you can, and they will gradually get to be less. Don't worry too much about them - their reputation is bad, but they're really not as bad as you've heard. Black widow spiders are so shy that very few people are bitten by them - and they're not as poisonous as you've probably heard.

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