Black widow

• Black widow spider, a common name for some species of spiders in the genus Latrodectus American species • Latrodectus apicalis, the Galapagos black widow • Latrodectus curacaviensis, the South American black widow • Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow • Latrodectus mactans, the southern black widow • Latrodectus variolus, the northern black widow Eurasian species • Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, the Mediterranean black widow or European black widow Oceanian species • Latrodectus hasseltii, the redback spider or Australian black widow ==People==

Murderers • Black Widow Gang, Colombian serial killer group • Black Widows of Liverpool, two women hanged for murder in 1884 • Bodenfelde Black Widows, German serial killer duo • Black Widow Murders, murders committed in 1999 / 2005 by two elderly women in Los Angeles • Belle Gunness, 25–40 victims spanning from 1884 to 1908 • Vera Renczi (1903–1960), murdered 35 men, including her husband and her son • Betty Neumar (1931–2011), dubbed "Black Widow" or "Black Widow Granny", accused of murdering one of her husbands • Blanche Taylor Moore (born 1933), convicted murderer • Griselda Blanco (1943–2012), Colombian drug trafficker, known for ordering or committing the murders of three ex-husbands • Catherine Nevin (1950–2018), responsible for the 1996 murder of her husband in the pub they owned • Stacey Castor (1967–2016), convicted murderer • Lynn Turner (murderer) (1968–2010), convicted murderer • Áurea Vázquez-Rijos, Puerto Rican woman convicted of hiring a hitman to murder her ex-husband Adam Anhang • Melissa Ann Shepard (born 1935), Canadian murderer • Patrizia Reggiani (born 1948), ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci, convicted of arranging his murder • Chisako Kakehi (born 1946), Japanese serial killer; , awaiting execution for three murders • Lyda Southard (1892–1958), American serial killer of husbands and other family members using arsenic from flypaper • Esneda Ruiz Cataño (born 1968), Colombian serial killer of husbands for life insurance benefits from 2001 to 2010; is currently in El Pedregal Prison • Elfriede Blauensteiner (1931–2003), Austrian serial killer • Martha Needle (1863–1894), Australian serial killer • Nannie Doss (1905–1965), American serial killer • Christine Malèvre (born 1970), French serial killer • Margit Filó (1914–1979), Hungarian serial killer • Heloísa Gonçalves Duque Soares Ribeiro (born 1950), Brazilian-American murderer and suspected serial killer currently on the run • Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873), English murderer and suspected serial killer • Dena Thompson (born 1960), British murderer • Margarita Sánchez Gutiérrez (1953), Spanish serial killer • Marie Alexandrine Becker (1879–1942), Belgian serial killer Athletes • Jeanette Lee (pool player) (born 1971), so-called because of her fondness for wearing black • Sonya Thomas (born 1967), top-ranked competitive eater Other • Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914–2007), Dutch neo-Nazi nicknamed Zwarte weduwe (Black Widow) ==Arts and entertainment==

Fictional characters • Black Widow (Marvel Comics), the name of several distinct characters: • Black Widow (Claire Voyant) • Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) • Yelena Belova • In the , the Red Room (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a program having trained several distinct Black Widows (Marvel Cinematic Universe): • Natasha Romanoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe) • Yelena Belova (Marvel Cinematic Universe) • Melina Vostokoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe) • Ruth Bat-Seraph (Marvel Cinematic Universe) • The Black Widow, a Batman villain played by Tallulah Bankhead • Black Widow, a character from the Saturday Night Slam Masters series of games by Capcom • Natasha Kerensky, in Tales of the Black Widow Company, a supplement for the BattleTech video game Film and television • The Black Widow (serial), a 1947 movie serial starring Bruce Edwards • Black Widow (1951 film), a British film starring Christine Norden • Black Widow (1954 film), starring Ginger Rogers and Gene Tierney • Black Widow (1987 film), featuring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell • Black Widow (2003 film), a film directed by Brad Turner • The Black Widow (2005 film), DVD release title of film by Giada Colagrande, produced as Before It Had a Name • Black Widow (2005 film), a Canadian film starring Sarah Slean • Black Widow (2007 film), with Elizabeth Berkley and Alicia Coppola • Black Widow (2010 film), starring Jack Scalia and Jennifer O'Dell • Black Widow (2021 film), a film starring Scarlett Johansson based on the Marvel Comics character • ''A Widow's Game, a 2025 Spanish film originally titled, La viuda negra'', "The Black Widow". • Black Widow: A Land Bleeds, a 2017 Indian film • Black Widows (2016 TV series), Scandinavian TV serial • Black Widows (Indian TV series), a 2020 web series • "The Black Widow", an episode of Boston Legal • "Black Widow" (Marvel Studios: Legends), an episode of Marvel Studios: Legends Literature • the Black Widow, a car driven by the Spider (DC Comics) • The Black Widow (Silva novel), 2016 novel by Daniel Silva • Black Widow: A Novel, a 1981 novel by Christina Crawford Gaming • Black Widow (video game), a 1982 Atari arcade game • Black Widow Games, a computer games developer Music • Black Widow (opera), by Thomas Pasatieri • Black Widow (band), a British rock band • Black Widow (Black Widow album), 1971 • Black Widow (Lalo Schifrin album), 1976 • Black Widow (In This Moment album), 2014 • The Black Widow (album) • Black Widow Records, an Italian label Songs • "Black Widow" (Iggy Azalea song), 2014 • "Black Widow" (Pristin song), 2017 • "Black Widow", by Black Tide on the album Light from Above • "Black Widow", by Mötley Crüe on the compilation Red, White & Crüe • "Black Widow", by Children of Bodom on the album Hatebreeder • "Black Widow", by U.D.O. on the album Animal House • "Black Widow", by Dolores O'Riordan on the album Are You Listening? • "Black Widow", by Donovan Leitch on the album Slow Down World • "Black Widow", by In This Moment on the album Black Widow • "Black Widow", by Lita Ford on the album Dangerous Curves • "Black Widow", by Michelle Shocked on the album Short Sharp Shocked • "Black Widow", by Alice Cooper on the album Welcome to My Nightmare • "Black Widow", by Jefferson Starship on the album Winds of Change • "Black Widow", by Booty Luv • "Black Widow", by Link Wray and His Ray Men, B-side to "Jack the Ripper" • "Black Widow", by Cage the Elephant on the album Melophobia • "Black Widow", by Susanne Sundfør on the album The Brothel • "Black Widow Pt. 2", by RZA featuring ODB on the album Digital Bullet • "Black Widows", by Grave Digger on the album The Last Supper Rides • Black Widow (ride), an amusement ride at Kennywood • Black Widow, a roller coaster at Six Flags New England ==Military==

• Northrop P-61 Black Widow, a World War II night fighter • Black Widow II, a Northrop YF-23 prototype fighter aircraft, nicknamed after the P-61 • PMN mine, nicknamed Black Widow because of their dark casing • Soviet submarine B-39, nicknamed Black Widow after having been sold off as a museum ship • 421st Fighter Squadron, nicknamed Black Widows ==Other plants and animals==

• Black tetra, also known as "black widow tetra", a freshwater fish • Stygnobrotula latebricola, an ocean fish • Geranium phaeum, a herbaceous plant species ==Other uses==

• The Black Widow Pulsar • Black Widow (paint mix), paint mix for projection screen • Black Widow (Chechnya), term for female suicide bombers from Chechnya or Dagestan • DHD(J), also called Black Widow, a subgroup of the militant Dimasa organization Dima Halam Daogah of Assam, India ==See also==