Black Widow

Just our typical garden variety spider.
The wife found her in one of the flower pots outside the front porch.
This one is smaller than the average we find around here, but can still put a good hurt on you.

Our version is solid black on top with the red hourglass on her abdomen.
Karen

They dont bite hard.

pttenn wrote in post #9932502
Our version is solid black on top with the red hourglass on her abdomen.
Karen

There are about 5 or 6 varieties of Black Widows, some are solid black which is probably the most common here in the United States. However, you can find some with stripes and some with spots like this one, but as far as I know they all have the red hour glass on the bottom they are notorious for.

peregrineflier wrote in post #9934314
They dont bite hard.

They don't have to, it's not the bite that hurts.