I work in an area that's pretty industrial. There are black widows everywhere, since we don't have many pedestrians to notice or disturb. In the last two month, however, these Brown Widows have been taking over. At first I thought they were young female Black Widows or male Black Widows, but they're definitely Brown Widows. They seemed to appear over night. They're so identical to Black Widows that it's hard to imagine they're superior, but they seem to be taking over all the spots where I once saw Black Widows. They have really beautiful markings, and their coloring alone might account for their population boom, making for better camouflage. Still, I'll be sad if they entirely replace the classic Black and Red widows. I know that both spiders prefer quiet secluded areas. The fact that I'm already seeing brown spiders out in the open, where I've never seen black ones, suggests that there are even more than I imagined.

I'm in southern California and I've found a few of these in my backyard.

if they are twice as toxic but inject half as much as a black widow isn't that the same thing then?

Every outside chair in my parents patio was brown widows under them.

In San Antonio TX my house is infested im almost afraid to go outside.

Saw my first brown yesterday under a window sill in my front yard. It had 7 small spiky eggsacs. I knew they existed, but never have I actually seen one. I get so many black widows, that I know what their eggsacs look like in comparison. I've been a spider geek since I was a kid, so I was happy to see the brownie.

Eeeeek we just found one this evening!!! In our backward.

Since i was a kid i always loved spiders.they are very neat to look at

I live and work in Orange County, CA and I saw 3 egg sacks at the apartment complex I work.

most ive found at my house (Brea in Orange County, CA) was 26 brown and 1 black

I live in Southern Alabama, and the other day when I took out the trash I found a brown widow with it's egg sack and messy web right on my trash can handle. It had made it's web in the indentation of the handle. I guess that means that there are more around here I suppose.

I just wanted to update everyone. I took the trash out again today, and guess what I found! ANOTHER brown widow in the same place the other one was!

Beautiful spider

hahaha that guy wears a bow tie

OK, I am a science geek with an interest in spiders and will be the first to admit that the fear most people have of them are un-warrented. However, the advice given between 4:25-4:40 on this video is very irresponsible and foolish. You should ALWAYS seek medical attention when bitten by a spider. Especially if it's a Black Widow, Brown Widow or a Brown Recluse. Granted, the likelieness of a fatality is slim but to encourage people to hesitate on getting "medical attention" is just plain foolish

Yeah we live in Mobile, AL and our yard/house has SO many of these. I've killed countless numbers of these brown widows and they keep coming back. The exterminator came out and we bombed (sprayed) the house both with no luck. They aren't aggressive, but they'll make a web anywhere and with a 3 month old daughter it's very disconcerting.

I have found about 10 of these full grown Brown Widows around my place this summer alone. Though I don't know about their being non-agressive. I have put three of these together, one at a time, only to watch them go at each other ten times more agressively than dozens of Black Widows that I've put together before. They are far more agressive against each other than Black Widows are. I hope that's not the case with humans.

I found a brown widow over 20 years ago in Bakersfield, CA. I thought they were native? !!

LONG BEACH/LAKEWOOD/CERRITOS screw these spiders..found a massive one in my dirt while gardening

I'm staring at one outside my office window, as I write this.

There is one to the left of me right now! In San Antonio.

There are all over Mississippi. In my back yard. One is my back porch every summer.

just found one here in National City, CA.

All over the back yard here in phx az

I wasn't sure if what I found in my sink was a brown widow, but now I'm sure. I get black widows in my house once in a while, so I recognized the shape right away. I live in New Mexico, so I guess they're officially here.

i have these at my house, had em for years. caught 3 of them, and 2 eggsacs today

I found 3 in my house I thought they were those nice house spiders until I watched this

@TheStrainers According to the research found the Brown Widow is an enemy of the black widow so basically the Brown widow hates the Black Widow. So in a sense they hate competition and are killing off the black widows. So its odd.

yuck! just found one in my little tree in my backyard... XP it's dead now, though! ;)

They've made it here in new Mexico like two to one vs the black widow

I saw one yesterday. IN MICHIGAN.

Hey, they're here too! __TUCSON, ARIZONA__

I'd seen one of these in Kentucky OH back in like...2006.

found 3 in my yard near a shed in Whitter

I just found one at our backyard today...at first i thought it was a black widow because it has an hourglass but its body wasnt silky smooth black it

i guess its bad that theres a brown recluse eggsack in the awnings of my house then haha. got to get that taken care of

I don't want to live on this planet anymore! Prepare for take-off 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!!

I just sprayed a nest and a brown widow in Compton Ca

How did you do that? What did you use?? I want them gone!

@Hardsacker No, they're separate species.

BTW I'm in LA County, specifically Downtown and adjacent areasn

I found one in Texas near the boarder

I see them all the time ive had like 2 in my back yard a couple months ago they both had males in their nests but i killed them. So 4 of them died. And like they said they make their webs on small isolated areas or plants. My friend had like 11 egg sacks underneath his backyard chairs. Never sat on them again.

5:10 lol the city of Pasadena begs to differ the city invested a few millions into replacing all street signs and poles with holes or crevices where a Brown widow could lay web, they were replaced with solid sleek structures to limit real estate the widows could find because it got to the point where people couldn't even take their dogs for a walk with worrying about brown widow webs.

Is it true that as Brown Widow ages, it gets darker in color so it starts to resemble more like black widow? We have couple of them our backyards (under chair, under flowering pots,)

There is some at my school

hunter becomes the hunted

Saw one , killed it , not takin any chances lol

@Hardsacker Not even close.

I Found Some On My Trashcan lol

i just caught one in Tallahassee Florida,

gotta love my homestate of california although spider invasion isn't the best thing

killed one in my home last night, didn't know what it was. it was upside down on its web, and i did not realise what it was till i went to squish it and saw the hour glass on its belly... but it was brown and had the brown and tan with a hourglass. i didnt want to kill it, i wanted to catch it and take it to an expert to identify it, but mom was like KILL IT NOW!

just killed one here in dana point orange county.

`Hope I don't see one

Im not concerned or worried

Lies! They're dangerous & can be found in open spaces as well as hidden from view. They dwell in high areas & bites should be treated by a pro

racism against spiders

Balbowa park is segregated under benches

creepy....

I think I just killed one it's small

very concerned see my report

I was watching the news the other day and they said its a crossbreed between brown recluse and a black widow?