I recently read a very interesting article about black widow spiders and what to do if your pet is bitten by one. The article also described what a black widow spider looks like, where you can normally encounter one, and the symptoms associated with a spider bith.
The female black widow spider, of course, is the one that your pet would most likely encounter and she is the most dangerous because of the level of neurotoxin venom that she carries.
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