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The Palpimanoidea or palpimanoids, also known as assassin spiders, [1] are a group of araneomorph spiders, originally treated as a superfamily. As with many such groups, its circumscription has varied. As of September 2018, the following five families were included: [2] [3] Archaeidae; Huttoniidae; Mecysmaucheniidae; Palpimanidae; Stenochilidae
Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider, [citation needed] is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat their mates after reproduction.
The Australian funnel-web spiders (family Atracidae), such as the Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus (a mygalomorph spider, not to be confused with the araneomorph funnel-weaver or grass spiders) are regarded as among the most venomous in the world. They react vigorously to threats and, reputedly, will more often attempt to bite than run away.
Worried about flying spiders after seeing tons of headlines about the Joro spider? Here's what Oklahomans should know about the arachnids.
These medium-size venomous spiders can be found in every county in Tennessee. Brown Recluses get their name because they are hard to locate. They can measure from one-fourth to three-fourths of an ...
Sicariidae is a family of six-eyed venomous spiders known for their potentially necrotic bites. The family consists of three genera and about 160 species . Well known spiders in this family include the brown recluse spider and the six-eyed sand spider .
Still, many species, like house spiders and jumping spiders, are found in every state, says Scot Hodges, vice president of professional development and technical services at Arrow Exterminators in ...
Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be yellow, and on rare occasions, white.