This photograph of a male black widow was taken by Jennifer Williams.
Desert
Duets: Black
Widow Spider Resources
Informational Books:
Black Widow Spiders by Jason Cooper (Rourke, 2006)
Black Widow Spiders by Louise Martin (Rourke, 1988)
Cannibal Animals: Animals that Eat Their Own Kind by Anthony
D. Fredericks (Watts, 1999)
Hiss Rattle Slither by Darlene Kryza Hartigan, illustrated
by Sylvia Saenz (AuthorHouse, 2007)
Fiction Book:
The Spider and the Fly based on the poem by Mary Howitt, illustrated
by Tony DiTerlizzi (Simon & Schuster, 2002). This book is not
specifically about black widow spiders, but it's wonderful all the
same.
Web Sites:
The Big Zoo: "Black
Widow Spider"
Desert USA: "Black
Widow Spiders"
Enchanted Learning: "Black
Widow Spider" Diagram
National Geographic: "Black
Widow Spider" (Includes a link to a video of black widow
spiders mating - begins with a commercial)
Black Widow Spider Pages:
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February 2008
Updated: 15 August 2012
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