Black Widow Spider

How big is the Black Widow Spider?
The Black widow spider grows to be 38 millimetres long and 6.4 millimetres in diameter.

Where does the Black Widow Spider live, what is its habitat?
This spider can be found in the United States of America and Mexico. They prefer to build their webs near the ground, in a dark undisturbed area, nest sites are quite often near holes made by animals or around construction openings and piles of wood, in the home they like the same kind of places that are dark and undisturbed like behind furniture or under a desk or an undisturbed basement

What is the average life span of the Black Widow Spider?
This type of spider lives on average between one and three years

Does the Black Widow Spider have good eyesight?
Black Widow spiders have very poor eyesight and depend mostly on vibrations through their web to orientate themselves to the location of prey entangled on their web or to worn them of something larger such as animals that could injure or kill them

Facts and Information about the Black Widow Spider
Did you know the following facts about the arachnid commonly known as the Black Widow Spider?

• Fact One - There are 31 recognized species of Widow Spider

• Fact Two - Juvenile Black Widow Spiders are usually brown with yellow stripes and a yellow hourglass mark

• Fact Three - The female Black Widow spider often kills and eats the male after mating

• Fact Four - Some male Black Widow spiders survive, only if the female is well fed before mating

• Fact Five - The eggs are deposited in to a globular silk container

• Fact Six - A female Black Widow Spider can produce nine egg sacs in one summer

• Fact Seven - An egg container can hold up to 400 eggs

• Fact Eight - Eggs normally incubate for twenty to thirty days

• Fact Nine - Due to cannibalism, rarely do more than twelve Black Widow spiders survive incubation

• Fact Ten - It takes between two to four months for a Black Widow spider to mature

Classification of the Black Widow Spider
Species of spiders are classified according to shared physical characteristics. Spider taxonomy is the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms in a hierarchical system. This method of classification helps when a description of 40,000 spiders is required! The organization of living things have seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. The classification of the Black Widow Spider is as follows:

Black Widow Spider Kingdom: Animalia
(Kingdom relates to the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia) :

Black Widow Spider Phylum: Arthropoda
(Phyla are groups of classes. A series of animals or plants genetically connected with shared characteristics. The second biggest grouping in taxonomy. Arthropoda are jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids, crustaceans, insects etc

Black Widow Spider Class: Arachnida
A Class is a taxonomic group containing one or more orders. Arachnid  consist of any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida

Black Widow Spider Order: Araneae
A taxonomic order, within the class Arachnida (spiders)

Black Widow Spider Subclass:
The Subclass is nother taxonomic category below a class and above an order which helps in the classification process

Black Widow Spider Family: Theridiidae
Another taxonomic category below an order and above a genus which helps in the classification process.

Black Widow Spider Genus: Latrodectus
Another taxonomic category below a family and above the level of species which helps in the classification process.

Black Widow Spider Species: L. hasselti
Specis is a taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.

Spider Exterminators - Pest Control 
Generally speaking, people do not like spiders especially Black Widow Spiders and most of all, do not want them in their homes! There are many forms of pest control and ways to exterminate spiders such as Black Widow Spiders. There are spider exterminators, services, spider zappers, spider traps, spider repeller, spider catchers, spider traps for the removal and extermination process. Advice is available on subjects such as pest controls, pest prevention, spider catchers, spider exterminators and how to kill spiders like Black Widow Spiders. Some people would like to eliminate spiders from there homes completely, this can be very difficult as an open window on a summers day will allow spiders in, even opening your front door when entering and leaving will allow pesky spiders in. It is very easy to get rid of Black Widow Spiders by catching them yourself. Its best not to kill spiders as they are very important in controlling the level of other insects that are pests.