Brown Widow Spiders

Brown widow spiders are brown and have a bulbous abdomen with an hourglass shape on the bottom. Unlike the black widow's bright red, the hourglass shape on a brown widow is yellowish or orange in color. Their eight legs are striated black and tan and are fairly long and narrow. The brown widow egg sac is also very distinctive, looking like a pollen grain due to it's many needle-like silk pieces protruding out from the surface.

 

Brown widows like to live in secluded areas that offer protection, such as empty buckets, mail boxes, under eaves, in garages or storage units, and the undersides of outdoor furniture. They generally choose places that are undisturbed for long periods of time.

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Brown widow spiders are non-aggressive and inject very little venom in bites, meaning that they are not any more dangerous to humans than the average household spider.

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To learn even more about brown widow spiders, check out our blog post