By my reckoning we went well past where the concrete wall should have been. When there was no impact, I cautiously opened one eye and gasped at the shimmering rainbow of web around me. We're traveling at hyper-light speeds. A Spider Worlds Tale exerpt reprinted with permission from the author, Duncan Long. The female Black Widow is shiny black, usually with a reddish hourglass shape on the underside of her spherical abdomen.
All widows are poisonous.
The species Latrodectus hesperus is common in the western US and is the Black Widow found in the deserts. Life Cycle Adult male Black Widows wander in search of females but do not feed or bite. They are not often seen because they are usually eaten by the female after mating. The female then lays several batches, containing up to 750 eggs each, in one summer. It is white to tan in color and has a paper-like texture.