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Brown Widow
Brown Widow
Latrodectus geometricus
Arachnida
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
1-2 years
Size
Small
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Tropical shrubland
Range
Sub-Saharan Africa
Movement
Climbing
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Venom
Status
Common

About

The brown widow is a shy spider that dwells in dark corners of sheds and gardens. Its egg sacs are covered in stiff, silk spikes that deter predators from eating its young.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg sac
    A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Theridiidae
Genus
Latrodectus
Species
Latrodectus geometricus