Latrodectism

 

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During the late spring, black widows begin looking for mates. Although the females can live up to three years, the males only tend to live for one or two months—largely because of their mating habits. Females will kill and eat the male after they have mated, perhaps to provide protein for her babies. She then lays the eggs in an egg sac, which can hold up to 900 eggs. When the babies are born, they share their mother's cannibalistic tendencies, and few babies survive to adulthood

                                     Black Widow Spider = Latrodectism

Black Widow Spider Venom

Black Widow Spider Venom Potent Than Rattle Snake

Latrodectism

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