Two deadly spiders in one frame, the black widow and the red widow. Each 1"x 1" in a 5" x 6" frame. Only the female Black Widow is venomous; she eats the male after mating then hangs belly upward and rarely leaves the web. Maybe you know someone like this. The female Black Widow is shiny black, usually with a reddish hourglass shape on the underside of her spherical abdomen. Her body is about 1 inch long. Adult males are about half the female's size, with smaller bodies, longer legs and usually have yellow and red bands and spots over the back as do the immature stages. Newly hatched spiderlings are predominately white or yellowish-white, gradually acquiring more black and varying amounts of red and white with each molt. The venom of the black widow spider is 15 times as toxic as the venom of the Prairie Rattlesnake. The bite itself is often not painful and may go unnoticed. But the poison injected by the the Black Widow bite can cause abdominal pain similar to appendicitis as well as pain to muscles or the soles of the feet. Other symptoms include alternating salivation and dry-mouth, paralysis of the diaphragm, profuse sweating and swollen eyelids. Sounds like being in love. Give this gift to someone you are not sure about, describe the symptoms and see if they feel the same way about you! Phylum: Arthropoda Sub Phylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Sub Order: Labidognatha Family: Therididae sold out$195.00 BugInABox.com searches the world for the finest in rare butterflies, beetles, and interesting insects, so you can enjoy them up close and personal. Copyright2004