In 2016, Canadian and Israeli researchers reported the discovery of an alternative, safer, strategy: Male redbacks and brown widow spiders ( Latrodectus geometricus) will bite their way through ...

The invasive brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, is thought to be native to South Africa, but has moved to several places around the world and made a home there, including the United States, ...

Tahiti is a popular tourist destination, but one unwanted visitor has decided to make its home there: the brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus). A paper published in the Journal of Medical ...

A brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus with the orange hourglass marking clearly visible. Captured and photographed in Los Angeles, California. (credit: Wikimedia Commons) ...

Brown Widow Spider (Latrodectus geometricus) in its web in Houston, Texas. Less venomous than its cousin Black Widows, they are located worldwide. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images) ...

The study was published recently in the journal Oecologia. The brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, is an urban invasive species found in warm climates worldwide.

JACKSON, Miss. – As if the West Nile-toting mosquito isn't enough to worry Mississippians, add the poisonous Latrodectus geometricus to the state's list of creepy-crawly creatures. Dr. Jerome ...

In Georgia, we have two native species: the southern black widow, Latrodectus mactans, and northern black widow, L. variolus. There is also the introduced brown widow, L. geometricus.

Now, new research, published in the journal Animal Behaviour, has revealed the bizarre—and slightly morbid—sex lives of brown widow spiders, Latrodectus geometricus.

Spiders are fascinating creatures that play an important role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems, yet their reputation as creepy crawlies precedes them. What if, through education and open di… ...