Does anyone know about black widow spiders?

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23. I didn't see her/it up that close

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...but I believe it wasn't hairy. But it wasn't shiny black (that BWs are) either. It seemed more like a dark brown. Its web is just outside the corner of my night stand and she goes into the back of my night stand when she's startled-- or when it's daylight.

The web I can't actually see but when she's hanging out on it, she looks as though she's suspended in air.
It is not your typical web in that it seems very disorganized (as are BWs' webs).

I ought to call the university and find an expert, because exterminators, of course, just want to come over
and start spraying poison everywhere.

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback!!