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black widow spider

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black widow spider
poisonous spider; consumes her mate after mating. [Zoology: NCE, 308]


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The redback is closely related to the notorious black widow spider and differs in appearance only by the absence of a red dorsal stripe.
We now have caterpillars that can harm the respiratory system here in the UK and experts believe it could only be a matter of time before the deadly Black Widow spider invades our shores.
Until World War II, the threads of black widow spiders were used as crosshairs in optical devices, including microscopes and telescopes.
 
 
 
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