Descripción de Huge Black Widow Spider:

Here are some close up photos of the spider and a couple that give a better idea of its size: http://timelapseblog.com/black-widow-photos/ This black widow lived outside my front door in central California. I caught it in a jar, took some pictures, and released it by the railroad tracks. They usually don't kill full grown adults but cause a lot of pain. I think the U.S. death rate from spiders is about six a year. Here's a video of an awesome macrophotographer handling a smaller but similar spider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4OftWZn5BU&feature=colike The black widow family includes a number of different species throughout the world, such as the Australian red back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider The spider in this video is a western black widow, which is found in the western U.S. The marking is slightly different than the red back and located on the underside of its abdomen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus_hesperus