Look what we found in our garage......................

The common name widow spiders is applied to members of the genus due to the supposed habit of the female of eating the male after mating, although the males of most species are not actually usually eaten after mating, and can even go on to fertilize other females. The black widow spiders are perhaps the best-known members of the genus.The injection of neurotoxic venom from these species is a comparatively dangerous spider bite, resulting in the condition Latrodectism which is named for the genus. The female black widow's bite is particularly harmful to humans because of its unusually large venom glands.