The Brown Widow Spider Invades Southern California

if they are twice as toxic but inject half as much as a black widow isn't that the same thing then?

Every outside chair in my parents patio was brown widows under them.

I work in an area that's pretty industrial. There are black widows everywhere, since we don't have many pedestrians to notice or disturb. In the last two month, however, these Brown Widows have been taking over. At first I thought they were young female Black Widows or male Black Widows, but they're definitely Brown Widows. They seemed to appear over night. They're so identical to Black Widows that it's hard to imagine they're superior, but they seem to be taking over all the spots where I once saw Black Widows. They have really beautiful markings, and their coloring alone might account for their population boom, making for better camouflage. Still, I'll be sad if they entirely replace the classic Black and Red widows. I know that both spiders prefer quiet secluded areas. The fact that I'm already seeing brown spiders out in the open, where I've never seen black ones, suggests that there are even more than I imagined.

I'm in southern California and I've found a few of these in my backyard.

In San Antonio TX my house is infested im almost afraid to go outside.

Eeeeek we just found one this evening!!! In our backward.

I just wanted to update everyone. I took the trash out again today, and guess what I found! ANOTHER brown widow in the same place the other one was!

Saw my first brown yesterday under a window sill in my front yard. It had 7 small spiky eggsacs. I knew they existed, but never have I actually seen one. I get so many black widows, that I know what their eggsacs look like in comparison. I've been a spider geek since I was a kid, so I was happy to see the brownie.

OK, I am a science geek with an interest in spiders and will be the first to admit that the fear most people have of them are un-warrented. However, the advice given between 4:25-4:40 on this video is very irresponsible and foolish. You should ALWAYS seek medical attention when bitten by a spider. Especially if it's a Black Widow, Brown Widow or a Brown Recluse. Granted, the likelieness of a fatality is slim but to encourage people to hesitate on getting "medical attention" is just plain foolish

hahaha that guy wears a bow tie

most ive found at my house (Brea in Orange County, CA) was 26 brown and 1 black

Since i was a kid i always loved spiders.they are very neat to look at

I live and work in Orange County, CA and I saw 3 egg sacks at the apartment complex I work.

I live in Southern Alabama, and the other day when I took out the trash I found a brown widow with it's egg sack and messy web right on my trash can handle. It had made it's web in the indentation of the handle. I guess that means that there are more around here I suppose.

Yeah we live in Mobile, AL and our yard/house has SO many of these. I've killed countless numbers of these brown widows and they keep coming back. The exterminator came out and we bombed (sprayed) the house both with no luck. They aren't aggressive, but they'll make a web anywhere and with a 3 month old daughter it's very disconcerting.

There is one to the left of me right now! In San Antonio.

I have found about 10 of these full grown Brown Widows around my place this summer alone. Though I don't know about their being non-agressive. I have put three of these together, one at a time, only to watch them go at each other ten times more agressively than dozens of Black Widows that I've put together before. They are far more agressive against each other than Black Widows are. I hope that's not the case with humans.

Beautiful spider

I found a brown widow over 20 years ago in Bakersfield, CA. I thought they were native? !!

All over the back yard here in phx az