1. BLACK WIDOW
By
Charlie

2. What Black Widows Look Like
 Black widows are so
cool. They have 8
eyes. They have a
red hourglass on
their stomach that
looks like this .
They are as long as
½ inch and they
have 8 legs. The
males are smaller
than the female.

3. A Black Widow’s Habitat
 Black widow spiders live in North America.
 They can be found in Canada, the United
States and Mexico in houses and wood piles.

4. What Black Widows Eat
They eat bugs that get caught in their
web.

5.  Alligators, lizards and snakes are predators of
the black widow.
A Black Widow’s Predators

6. A Black Widow’s Life Cycle
 Mother black widows lay about 100 to 400 eggs.
They wrap them in a cocoon .

7. Interesting Facts
 The female black widow eats the male.
 It takes a black widow 26 bites for a person to
faint.

8. My Resources
 Worldbook online
 Google images