Nearly 100 black widow spiders have been found at Dublin Park swimming pool in Madison, Ala. re-cently. This group scaled next to a quarter for this photo, was found on Sept. 26, 2007 at the park in Madi-son. Park officials and professional pest control firm have been cleaning the pool area and putting down a powdered insecticide to help control them. It is believed that the drought and hot weather may have caused the spiders to seek the pool's cooler en-vironment.

最近在阿拉巴馬州麥迪遜都柏林公園的游泳池發現將近一百隻「黑寡婦」，這群出現在圖中這枚廿五美分硬幣旁的黑寡婦是9月26日被人在麥迪遜的公園發現。公園管理員和專業的病蟲害防治公司已經在清理游泳號周遭地區，同時遍灑殺蟲藥粉來協助控制蟲害。據信，旱災和炎熱的天氣可能引起這群蛛蜘到水池邊尋找較陰涼的環境。

The black widow spider (La-trodectus spp.) is a spider notorious for its neurotoxic venom. Although their venom is extremely potent, (15 times more potent than that of the rattlesnakes; it is also reported to be much more potent than the venom of cobras and coral snakes), these spiders are not especially large. Spi-ders bite but do not sting, though it can sometimes feel like being stung.

黑寡婦這種蜘蛛是以分沁毒害神經的毒液知名。但黑寡婦的毒液毒性極強，大約是響尾蛇的15 倍，報導並說，它的毒液甚至比眼鏡蛇和麗紋蛇毒性要強的多。這些蜘蛛體型並不特別大，它們會咬人，不會叮人，但有時感覺就像被螫一樣疼痛。