The Brown Widow Spider (Latrodectus geometricus) was first described in
South America. In North America, it was restricted to Florida for many
decades. However, around the year 2000, it started appearing in other
Gulf Coast states such as Texas, Georgia, and South Carolina, and has
become established in Southern California around 2003. The bite of a
brown widow spider is minor in comparison to that of a black widow. The
two major symptoms of a brown widow bite are that the bite hurts when it
was inflicted and it left a red mark. These two symptoms are not much
different from the bite of normal household spiders. However, there is
one recent report of a verified brown widow bite manifesting in more
severe symptoms that required hospitalization of the bite victim.
In the contrary... Although brown widow spiders has a rather docile reputation, it is the most venomous of the five different types of widow spiders in the USA. Source: http://brownwidowspider.net/
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that brown widow venom is more potent, the amount that it injects is much less than the other widows, this is why it is less dangerous.
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