PROJECT GLAD Fountain Valley School District INSECTS AND ...

•Jet black, shiny, fat abdomen with a red hourglass mark on the underside. Predator/Prey: • Aggressive toward prey (other insects) guards nest •Web spinner, not hunter. Life Cycle: •Female may devour the male after mating, uncommon in most spiders •Guards egg sac. Relationship to Man: •Female's bite is very painful and poisonous ................
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