A terrible feud

Pharyngula 2025-12-29

Summary:

On no! It’s sad news. Biologists in regions of the Southern U.S. noticed that the iconic black widow spider — known for its telltale hourglass mark and venomous bite — often disappeared when a different species, brown widows, showed up. Now, new research published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America provides compelling […]

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https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/29/a-terrible-feud/

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Gudgeon and gist » Pharyngula

Tags:

spiders

Authors:

PZ Myers

Date tagged:

12/29/2025, 11:15

Date published:

12/29/2025, 08:35