black widow: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Black Widow Spider Toxicity. Nov 07, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture - The Black Widow Spider (PDF). May 09, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - An Optical Study of the Black Widow Population (PDF). Jan 10, 2026
Add new Web site: UC|IPM - Pest Management Guidelines - Home and Landscape - Widow Spiders and Their Relatives. Sep 05, 2025
Article revised and updated. Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Alabama Cooperative Extension System - The Black Widow (PDF). Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Ecology and Evolution - Spider phylosymbiosis: divergence of widow spider species and their tissues� microbiomes. Nov 20, 2024
Add new Web site: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources - Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program - Widow Spiders and their Relatives. Aug 12, 2024
Media added. May 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Washington State University - Department of Entomology - Black Widow. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Texas A&M Forest Service - Extension Entomology - Black Widow Spider. Aug 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Healthline - Poisoning Due to Black Widow Spider Venom (Black Widow Spider Bites). Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Tennessee - TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange - The Black Widow Spider (PDF). Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: The University of Arizona - Cochise County Master Gardeners - What's Bugging You? Black Widow Spider. Dec 23, 2022
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Black Widow Spider Toxicity. Sep 19, 2022
Article revised and updated. Jan 20, 2022
Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Black Widow. Jul 05, 2021
Added an illustration of a black widow spider. Apr 12, 2018
Corrected display issue. Aug 16, 2017
Added illustrations of a brown widow spider and a red widow spider. Aug 14, 2017
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Black Widow Spider. Apr 10, 2017
Add new Web site: Desert USA - Black Widow Spider. Apr 10, 2017
Add new Web site: PestWorld.org - Black Widow Spiders. Apr 10, 2017
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Black Widow Spider Facts. Apr 10, 2017
Add new Web site: Bristol Zoo Gardens - Black widow spider. Jun 27, 2014
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Black widow spider. Jun 27, 2014
Add new Web site: Missouri Department of Conservation - Black Widow Spiders. Jun 27, 2014
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Black Widow Spider. Jun 27, 2014
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Black Widow Spider. Jun 27, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Black Widow Spider. Jun 26, 2014
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Black Widow Spider. Aug 28, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Black Widow Spider. Mar 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet - Black Widow Spider. Jun 08, 2006
Article revised. Jul 08, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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