Black widow
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Black widow is a common name of some spiders in the genus anamalia listed below, who are reputed to kill male spiders after mating. Black Widow may refer to:
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North American spiders
- Latrodectus mactans, the Southern black widow
- Latrodectus hesperus, the Western black widow
- Latrodectus variolus, the Northern black widow
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People
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Killers
- Black Widows of Liverpool (died 1884), two people hanged for murder in 1884
- Stacey Castor (born 1967), convicted murderer
- Lynn Turner (murderer) (1968–2010), convicted murderer
- The Black Widow Murders, murders committed by two elderly women in Los Angeles
- Betty Neumar (1931–2011), dubbed "Black Widow" or "Black Widow Granny", accused of murdering one of her husbands
- Griselda Blanco (1943-2012), Colombian drug trafficker, known as "The Black Widow" due to her ordering or committing the murders of three ex-husbands
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