The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000.

You can only find brown recluses in the southern or Midwestern United States. Black widow spiders are found in the same location and much more. These two spiders also have different habitat ...

This also leads to the spiders having different habitat preferences overall ... but male redback spiders are brown, while ...