To help you better separate fact from fiction, here are eight amazing details about black widow spiders. The Australian redback spider, a relative of the black widow, is probably the best-known ...

In these species, which include the black widow and redback, the large females will often devour the smaller males during sex—hence the “widow” in their names. In some cases, the female catc ...

while Australia has the redback spider. The European black widow is primarily found in the Mediterranean region, but its habitat is expanding due to climate change. A widow spider’s bite can ...

Three photos shared by Robyn show the redback spider, also known as the Australian black widow, trapping the snake in its web. Even more surprisingly, the spider managed to lift the serpent off ...

Much is made of Australia’s reputation as the “deadliest continent,” but as far as widow spiders go, that's not the case. “Redback spiders there are no more dangerous than black widow ...