tendance
False widows
false widows although there are plenty of widows
spiders other than the infamous black widow not
everyone can be a true widow we’re not sure if they
had any actual ambitions or would just slap with a
name they didn’t want but there is a group of
spiders named false widows who just didn’t make
the cut to become true widows these false widows
are in the same scientific family as black widows
and closely resemble them in size and shape
fortunately for any human unlucky enough
to be bitten by one false widow venom is not
quite as potent as that as black widows still
the bite is venomous and has been reported to
cause nausea and intense pain that reaches
beyond the area of the bite, the venom can also
cause muscle spasms malaise infection and allergic
reaction in fact symptoms caused by a false widow
bite has been given entire word statism after
the name of the spider’s genus steattada antivenom
for widow spiders is a known effective treatment
for their bites as they are biologically similar still
there are over a hundred species of false widows
false widows can be distinguished by their d-shaped
cephalothorax while other spiders tend to have
more rounded bodies some false widows are red
and black in color while others are brown or sand
colored like common house spiders they build
webs and wait for prey and to get caught in them
before heading over to secure their meal
