This sounds like a homework assignment. I live in California and they are all over.
They live in dark places, usually hidden from people.
1. They live a year or so a little less actually
2. The females eat the males, which is why you rarely see a male, but they are smaller and white. You probably know this already but they can be identified by the red hourglass shape on them.
3. I think I covered just about all you would need to know. They are poisonous but actually not as much as daddy Long legs, which don't have long enough fangs to penetrate human flesh.
2007-01-29 12:37:28
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answered by Anonymous
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The black widow bite is usually not fatal to the average adult. Some elderly, or small children could die if bitten, but usually won't if treated. They generally live in dryer climates, and in darker, out of the way places. When I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in souther Cali, we would find them all over the place in basements, behind wall lockers, etc.
While the bite isn't fatal, I will tell, you will wish you were dead. I was bitten when we were moving wall lockers one time. I reached behind the wall locker to move it, and then I felt the worst pain I ever felt. I was treated. I was sick for a couple days, and the welt that came up was pretty nasty. Other than that, I was fine after about two days.
Not the best way to get a couple days off though.
2007-01-29 12:41:29
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answered by ? 5
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Why sure they do. Ohio is in a temperature biome, with plenty of black widow spider habitat. Wood piles are a great places, so is heating and cooling units. But these spiders are secretive, so you aren't gonna see em scurrying around.
2016-03-29 08:59:29
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answered by Regenna 4
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South West
2007-01-29 12:37:13
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answered by Anonymous
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Well, there's one that lives at my mailbox that I took a picture of, red 'violin' on her belly and all! The female is the one that bites, and the bite of a full grown black widow can kill an older person or child, and can make a healthy adult very ill. They only live one season, and they lay eggs that hatch into fully functioning babies. They really are solid black, with the tell tale red violin mark on her belly, and the female kills the male after he mates with her. Cool, huh?
2007-01-29 12:40:23
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answered by themom 6
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Nearctic, Neotropical: Within the United States, Latrodectus mactans is essentially a southern species of spider. It ranges as far north as Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as far south as Florida, and as far west as California, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
2007-01-29 12:38:07
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answered by Monki 2
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It lives in dark, out of the way places. The female eats the male after mating, hence the name. The male is actually tan or white and much smaller than the female.
You have to mess with or touch it to get it to even move, much less bite you.
After it bites you, you'll know it. It hurts.
2007-01-29 12:38:16
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answered by bobo383 3
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There's probably one under your bed right now.
1. About two years.
2. They can be trained to whistle softly in the moonlight.
3. By law, they all have social security numbers, issued by the U.S. Department of Interior.
2007-01-29 12:38:51
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answered by Anonymous
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Next to Peter Parker
2007-01-29 12:36:23
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answered by Fletcher 4
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I see them all the time in those green transformer boxes in front of houses thats what i do for work,i see them on a daily basis,i seen them in georgia,south carolina,north carolina and florida.
2007-01-29 12:39:51
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answered by Prostidude 2
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