Thankfully, these are cartoon spiders, so they never really seem to be in any danger. Though Garfield still never hesitates ...

Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored, hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. Several species answer to the name, and they are found in temperate regions around the world.

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