Red Widow Spider (Latrodectus bishopi)
The third widow on the list is the red widow, also known as the red-legged widow. The spider’s look is different from the other widow spiders mostly because of its reddish cephalothorax and legs, but also because it has a different abdomen color than any other type of widow spider.
At the moment, red widow spiders can be found in the palmetto-dominated scrublands in Florida, but experts are positive that their range is expanding. The spider feeds on insects, and it’s not seen as aggressive toward people.
Even so, it can bite if its eggs are threatened, or if it’s trapped against a person’s skin by footwear or clothes.
The spider’s bite is similar to the black widow bite, and it has identical symptoms. Luckily, death from a red widow is very rare, as the spider injects a very small dose of venom.
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