(Black widow)
Habitat: Warm climates
Food Habits: insectivorous
Active Period: nocturnal
Size: medium
Number of Legs: 8
Leg Characteristics: legs attached to cephalothorax
subspherical black abdomen with red hourglass on underside,catches prey in a large sticky web
a shy but very dangerous venomous spider

Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Theridiidae
Genus Latrodectus
species hesperus