Life Cycle
- The black widow spider is born into a silk like sack
- The female black widow will lay apporximately 250 babies per sack while producin multiple sacks
- The spiderlings (baby spiders) hatch within a month and shed their skin several times before they reach full growth
- Initially, spiderlings will stay close to the sack but after several days will move to higher ground where there is more air flow
- The whole process of development from egg to adult takes about a year _