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People often confuse an immature black widow with the more timid brown widow, which arrived in Southern California 22 years ago, and may eventually make its way to Shasta County.

Brown widow spiders vary widely in their colors, from very light to very dark, but are not shiny like black widow spiders. Their coloring is mottled, and females have black accent stripes.

Black widow spiders are typically between 1 to 1.5 inches across. Male black widow spiders tend to be a little smaller and have three light colored streaks on their abdomen.

According to the Indiana Department of National Resources, Indiana has about 400 known species of spiders, but only two can seriously injure humans: The Black Widow and the Brown Recluse.

Symptoms of a Black Widow bite, according to Orkin, can include: "dull muscle pain throughout the entire body. The bite site later swells and turns red, forming a target-shaped lesion.