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    are male black widow spiders poisonous?

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    Experts in the field have suggested that males (smaller, and sometimes grayish) very rarely bite humans, and their venom is not as potent as the female. This applies to both the northern and southern Black Widow species, latrodectus variolus and latrodectus mactans.
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