Black widow why the name

Instead, black widows find a protected area and go into a dormant state called overwintering. In spring, they emerge, and the tricky business of mating begins. Black widows are rare at the northernmost stretches of their range, but climate change may soon change that.

Northern black widows today live about 31 miles further into Canada than they did in the s. Theresa Machemer is a freelance writer based in Washington DC. Her work has also appeared in National Geographic and SciShow.

Website: tkmach. A black widow spider hangs from its web. Antivenom exists for bite victims Antivenom to black widow bites has been available since the s. These vials were produced in the midth century. NMAH Roughly 2, people go to poison control centers with black widow bites each year to shorten the symptoms with the help of antivenom. Not one, but many species exist This northern black widow spider was found in Beltsville, Maryland.

The young spiders are cannibals A black widow spider oversees her bundle of eggs. When the spiderlings hatch, some will consume others. Donald W. Hall, University of Florida All of the spiders in the Latrodectus genus have a few things in common: curved feet covered in bristles, earning them the name comb-footed spiders, and messy, irregular nests of silk called tangle webs.

Coloring sends a message The signature red hourglass shape marks the underside of a black widow spider. George D. Wilson could see the Romanoff needed a doctor as she was losing blood from her gunshot wound and insisted one of the STRIKE guards to treat her injury. One of the guards drew an electric rod as a threat; however, the guard threatening them instead neutralized the other STRIKE operative sitting across from them. Romanoff learns that Nick Fury is alive. Hill took them to a secret facility where an alive Nick Fury shocked Romanoff.

She was then taken to Dr. Fine , who treated her gunshot wound as Fury told them how he faked his death: He used a drug developed by Bruce Banner , Tetrodotoxin B , to relieve stress. After Romanoff was bandaged up, Hill and Fury revealed that there was a plan in place to stop Project Insight by disabling it inside the Triskelion. However, Rogers seized control of the mission much to Fury's dismay, claiming that S. The group agreed that in the end all of it, both S.

Romanoff wearing the Photostatic Veil. She then began disabling security protocols, releasing all of S. Romanoff releases S. When the encryption needed to be disabled, which required two Alpha Level members, Romanoff told Pierce that company was coming right as Nick Fury arrived. Fury and Pierce gave their authorizations to release all of the files and Romanoff quickly noted that it was trending on the Internet.

Pierce then activated a trigger on his phone causing all of the council members to die from fatal chest shots due to their security tags except for Romanoff's. Romanoff aims her gun at Alexander Pierce. As Captain America and Falcon were successful in destroying the Helicarriers , Romanoff was ordered by Pierce to accompany him in his attempted escape, claiming that she was going to fly with him to an undisclosed location as his hostage.

However, Romanoff used her bite to short out her security tag, knocking herself out and letting Fury shoot Pierce, killing him. Fury then checked on the unconscious Romanoff, who awoke shortly after, commenting on how much her weapon stung.

Romanoff and Fury then piloted the helicopter and flew to Falcon's location, where the final Helicarrier was crashing into the side of the building, destroying much of the Triskelion. They flew the chopper around the northwest corner to catch Falcon, who dove out of the window and fell through the chopper, but Romanoff caught and pulled him up.

The three then flew away as Romanoff asked Hill if she knew where Captain America was. Romanoff attending a government inquiry.

When asked why no one has heard from Steve Rogers , Romanoff noted that she believed there was nothing more for him to say due to the wreck in the middle of the Potomac making his point.

Scudder pointed out that Romanoff was responsible for handing out those lies. When it was brought to attention that Romanoff should be arrested, she insisted that she and the other agents who fought against HYDRA in its downfall would not be arrested because they are the best qualified to protect the world. Romanoff then left the inquiry, confident of her future within the Avengers. However, now that S. Romanoff gives over the Winter Soldier file. At the personal request of Steve Rogers , Romanoff had contacted some of her acquaintances in Kiev who sent her an old top-secret document about the Winter Soldier and his own long history working for HYDRA.

Romanoff says goodbye to Steve Rogers. Later, Romanoff stopped by Nick Fury 's fake grave and told Rogers that she wasn't going with Fury nor staying, since she had blown all her covers and needed new ones. Romanoff gave the document to Rogers and requested him to call Sharon Carter in return before kissing him goodbye. As she left, Romanoff advised Rogers to be careful before digging deeper into finding Bucky Barnes, warning him that he may not want to cause himself more trouble.

A few months later, after Phil Coulson 's reorganization of S. Finding a platoon of armed soldiers there, Romanoff had J. When Thor pointed out that the Scepter must be at the base at long last, Black Widow said that the long last was lasting a little longer. When Hawkeye was injured, Black Widow immediately went to aid and told the others that they needed to evacuate.

Captain America told Black Widow to get to Hulk and calm him down. As Black Widow approached Hulk, she took off her gloves and began the lullaby method to calm him down. Black Widow calms Hulk down with the lullaby.

The lullaby worked and it caused Hulk to calm down and transform back into Bruce Banner. On the way back to Avengers Tower , Romanoff told Banner that the lullaby worked better than ever although he was not expecting the battle to need Hulk.

Romanoff then told Banner that Barton would have been killed if he had not fought. Seeing that this upset Banner, Thor told him that many of the injuries he inflicted on the soldiers were nonfatal. Bruce Banner and Romanoff after their battle. When the Avengers returned from Sokovia , Romanoff stayed by Clint Barton 's side while his injured skin was being repaired by Helen Cho using a device called the Regeneration Cradle.

Romanoff asked if her friend was going to be ok and she joked that pretending to need him brought the team together. Bruce Banner explained what the Cradle is and Cho mentioned that Barton's girlfriend wouldn't even be able to notice the difference which Barton told her that he did not have a girlfriend, not mentioning his wife which only he and Romanoff knew about.

Romanoff flirts with Bruce Banner. During the Party, Romanoff talked with James Rhodes and bartended for the guests. Romanoff flirted with Bruce Banner , so he would understand that she had feelings for him. Romanoff told Banner about how all her friends are fighters except him as he stays out of the fight as he knows he would win. Before long many of the guests had departed leaving on the Avengers and a few others.

Romanoff watched as the Avengers failed at lifting the hammer and when Banner's turn came, he pretended to turn into Hulk, which none of the others found funny, except Romanoff.

Romanoff and Bruce Banner see Ultron. The party was interrupted when one of Tony Stark 's Iron Legion made a surprise appearance, and after admitting that it was the result of Stark's Ultron Program mixed with his research into the scepter, it and several more like it, attacked the group. Romanoff took cover behind the bar and dragged Bruce Banner after her causing him to fall on her, which she reminded him to transform into Hulk.

She then drew a pistol concealed under the bar to help with the fight. Romanoff shoots at the Ultron prototype. She then covered Banner, shooting at the attacker, as the two made their way to a safer sort upstairs. However, the attack was a diversion, and one of the robots made off with the scepter while the Avengers and their friends were engaged in battle. Eventually, all the armors were defeated except for the first Iron Legion who announced his intentions to end the Avengers to achieve his idea of peace and save the world.

Romanoff during the Avengers argument. After the brief fight, the team discussed what had occurred. Romanoff said that Ultron had deleted all their files and that he was in the surveillance. She also said that he maybe knew about them more they knew about each other. Tony Stark admitted his involvement in the creation of Ultron, although he still strongly defended the idea as he believed it was a beneficial plan to save the world.

Thor , clearly furious at Stark's recklessness, charged in and grabbed Stark by the throat, but Steve Rogers was able to calm him down. The Avengers learn of Wolfgang von Strucker. The team later learned that Ultron had sent them a message by murdering Wolfgang von Strucker in his prison cell and leaving the word "peace" written in his blood as a message to the Avengers about his future plans. Together, they worked out that Ultron's next target was Vibranium and he would get that from Ulysses Klaue , an arms dealer and a former associate of von Strucker, in Johannesburg , South Africa.

Black Widow fighting Ulysses Klaue 's mercs. When reports of robots attacking sources of Vibranium began surfacing, the Avengers raced to a coastal scrapyard in Africa , where they found Ultron , along with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch , taking the Vibranium. As peaceful negotiations quickly failed, Ultron and the Maximoffs attacked, at the same time Ulysses Klaue sent his mercenaries to attack the Avengers.

Black Widow is hypnotized by Scarlet Witch. Black Widow took down many of Klaue's men to protect the rest of the Avengers from attack as they took down the Ultron Sentries.

Klaue's men then turned their attention to Hawkeye, who managed to take them down and clear the area. Black Widow was then incapacitated when Wanda Maximoff snuck up behind Widow and inflicted a nightmarish vision upon her. Widow languished in a scene from her past while the fight carried on around her and the enemy made their escape. Romanoff in her vision of the Red Room. In the vision that Scarlet Witch had inflicted upon Romanoff, she woke up and relived experiences in the Red Room Academy the place she had grown up in and was trained to be an assassin.

Romanoff walked down the stairs where she came across Madame B. Romanoff displayed worry of failing, but Madame B. Romanoff then shot at a few targets followed by a human who she then executed.

Romanoff proceeded to relive her experiences during her graduation, doing some training where she was holding back so she wouldn't have to go through the ceremony. Madame B. Romanoff was then sterilized, to avoid any distractions and focus solely on her missions. Black Widow is affected by Scarlet Witch. As half of the Avengers were suffering from Wanda Maximoff 's nightmares, Iron Man was chasing after Hulk , who had also fallen victim to Wanda's powers and was on a rampage.

Iron Man requested Romanoff to give Hulk his lullaby method to calm him down, but Hawkeye informed him that she was not going to be able to help him as she was disoriented by the visions.

As the Avengers retreated in the Quinjet , Romanoff, along with Steve Rogers , Thor and Bruce Banner remained temporarily scarred by what they saw in the visions. The Avengers sit defeated in the Quinjet. Still suffering from the effects along with the rest of the Avengers , Romanoff was forced to make a quick escape to the Quinjet not being able to give Hulk his lullaby. Iron Man was then forced to stop Hulk 's current destructive rampage through Johannesburg, as Banner was also affected by Wanda Maximoff 's powers.

The Avengers arrive at Clint Barton 's home. The Avengers become unpopular due to a massive battle between Hulk and Iron Man in his "Hulkbuster" armor in the middle of South Africa ; at the same time, many of the members were still suffering from the effects of Maximoff's visions.

Maria Hill stated that there was no information about Banner's arrest order yet. Knowing they needed to get away and recover, Clint Barton flew the team to his homestead , realizing that no one would be able to find them there.

Romanoff checks on Laura Barton 's baby. The Avengers arrived at Barton's homestead, where Barton helped Romanoff make her way into the house as she was still haunted by the ghosts of her past.

Soon though, Romanoff's troubles washed away when she was warmly greeted by Laura Barton and their two children, Cooper and Lila , who consider her family by calling her "Auntie Nat. Romanoff and Bruce Banner consider a life. As Romanoff waited for Bruce Banner to get out of the shower, she thought about her visions and a dream she had about being an Avenger. When Banner finished, the two talked about their relationship as well as the visions they were shown. Romanoff told Banner about the dream she had where she believed she was an Avenger and not an assassin that the Red Room created.

Romanoff tells Bruce Banner about her past. Romanoff suggested that they could run away together but it was rejected by Banner as he believed he could not live a normal life like what Clint Barton had since he was both a threat and unable to have kids. Romanoff revealed that she was also not able to have children due to the Red Room's graduation ceremony where she was sterilized to eliminate distractions. Believing herself to be a monster like how Banner considers himself, the two then considered starting a new life with one another.

Romanoff listens to Nick Fury 's speech. Nick Fury also arrived at the farm and spoke with the group at length about stopping Ultron , mentioning his omnipresence.

Meanwhile, Tony Stark volunteered to go to Norway to find out who changed the nuclear codes Ultron was planning to obtain. As they listened, Romanoff was brought a painting of a butterfly by Lila Barton , which she happily accepted. Romanoff jokes with Steve Rogers. Fury went on to inspire the Avengers after their defeat by Ultron and called the A. While trying to think what Ultron's next move would be, Banner figured out he wanted to evolve by using the Regeneration Cradle.

Romanoff, Barton, and Rogers prepared to leave for Seoul , where they believed Ultron would be with Helen Cho as he needed to use the Cradle. Black Widow observes her motorcycle. After Banner made the observation that Ultron was trying to evolve, the remaining Avengers split into two groups, with Black Widow joining Captain America and Hawkeye in a bid to stop Ultron obtaining the Regeneration Cradle in South Korea.

The trio raced for their objective and found that Ultron's plan to create a new android body for itself was already well underway, but the Avengers' arrival caused it to grab the body and flee. Black Widow during the Battle of Seoul. Hawkeye located Ultron escaping in a truck trailer in heavy traffic, and when a window of opportunity presented itself, Black Widow dropped to the streets on a motorcycle to pursue it herself.

Black Widow then picked up Captain America's shield, which he dropped before being shot by Ultron. Retrieving the shield, she sarcastically claimed that she was always picking up after them. She then followed the directions Barton gave her until she got to Captain America's location so she could assist him.

As she made her way, she noticed Captain America's Shield on the road and picked it up. Black Widow assists Captain America. She eventually made her way to their location where Ultron was beating Captain America who she rescued by threw him his shield.

As a response, Ultron Sentries started to shoot at her. Black Widow then boarded the truck and found Ultron's second body. Unbeknownst to her, Ultron Sentries pursued the truck she infiltrated and lifted it up to a point in which it became airborne so they could retrieve the cradle. Romanoff soon realized that what had transpired and reported her status to Barton as an incentive for him not to shoot as she was inside the vehicle with the cradle.

Shocked, Barton asked how she wanted him to retrieve the object, to which she replied that he shouldn't have asked, but she was successful in delivering the dormant android to Hawkeye. However, whilst entering the Quinjet , she was knocked out and taken captive by Ultron. When she awoke, Romanoff found that she had been transported back to a HYDRA Research Base in Sokovia , where Ultron made a show of demonstrating his latest upgrade to her as a means of intimidating her.

She awoke the sight of Ultron making repairs to a damaged body of his. Ultron revealed to her his plan, still believing that the Avengers are the problem, before confining her to a cell.

Romanoff watched in shock and backed up into a cell as Ultron destroyed his body after building a new and stronger one. When Ultron left, Romanoff turned to use an old Cold War -era communication technique in a bid to reveal her location to the Avengers without being detected, but could do little else except sit and wait.

Romanoff kisses Bruce Banner. Hawkeye eventually received Romanoff's signal and revealed it to the rest of the Avengers leading them to fly to Sokovia to defeat Ultron and rescue her.

As she sat in her cell, Thor destroyed a wall and he and Bruce Banner entered to find Romanoff. Banner eventually made his way to the cell and freed her by blasting the cell open with Chitauri Gun. While Banner wanted to run away with Romanoff, she knew that she had to stay and fight. After kissing Banner, she pushed him down a hole, causing him to transform into Hulk. The two made their way to Novi Grad and continued to help the rest of the Avengers fight to stop Ultron from levitating the city.

Black Widow regroups with the Avengers. Black Widow regrouped with Captain America at the town hall, where she saw Scarlet Witch , and asked if she was wearing her jacket. Captain America informed her that she was now fighting with them, but that didn't explain the jacket to her. They were then joined by Hawkeye , who gave Black Widow her batons. Captain America told them that fighting the robots was getting them nowhere, as the air was getting thin. Black Widow fights with Captain America.

Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye left to evacuate civilians, and Black Widow asked Captain America what they were going to do. He told her they fight robots , so she took out her batons, as Quicksilver encountered them and joked about fighting robots another time. Black Widow then proceeded to fight Ultron 's army, using her batons to electrocute them. She was later assisted by Captain America, who threw her his shield , which she used to fight. When Iron Man told Captain America that his only solution to save the world from Novi Grad being smashed into it was to destroy Novi Grad itself, Captain America refused to entertain the idea.

Black Widow suggests not leaving Sokovia. Black Widow, however, tried to persuade Captain America to consider the option as the world's population would logically take precedence over the people of Novi Grad. When Captain America declared he wouldn't leave Novi Grad and its people to face their fate, Black Widow told him that she never intended for them to leave and that they would die with the people of Novi Grad if needed.

Black Widow witnesses the Helicarrier. She reassured herself and Captain America that there are worse ways to die and that at least she'd die seeing a great view. Nick Fury interrupted their conversation by saying that her view was about to get a lot better. Fury revealed his Helicarrier and used it to enact Captain America's plan and evacuate the civilians while War Machine joined the battle.

Fury sent out a squad of rescue boats to evacuate the citizens while the Avengers ensured no one was left behind. Black Widow is given orders by Iron Man. Iron Man then came up with a plan to dispose of Novi Grad and called all the Avengers to the city church where the drill was located. Iron Man jokingly told Black Widow that she and Hulk better not be playing "hide the zucchini.

Black Widow fights the Ultron Sentries. The Avengers were tasked with protecting the drill in the church known as the key so that Ultron could not activate it. Ultron unleashed his army of Ultron Sentries upon them in a final offensive.

Black Widow and the Avengers put all their force into destroying the seemingly endless horde of Ultron Sentries, with Black Widow using her guns and Bite to destroy many of the robots. After a vicious battle, the Ultron Sentries were eventually pushed back. Black Widow casually talks with Hawkeye. When Ultron attempted to join the fight in his strongest form, Vision , Iron Man and Thor nearly destroyed him with their combined powers.

With the battle almost won, Captain America ordered the team to get to a rescue boat and leave the city before Iron Man and Thor destroyed it. Black Widow went with Hawkeye and confiscated a car to get to the rescue boats. During the drive, they made small talk about Hawkeye renovating his homestead.

As the battle wound down, Black Widow and Hawkeye turned their attention to evacuating the civilian populace, but soon she received the call to calm Hulk back to his human state.

However, the process was interrupted by Ultron , who raked Hulk with gunfire whilst at the controls of the Avengers' own Quinjet and knocked Black Widow out. Hulk grabbed Black Widow and bore her to safety on a newly arrived Helicarrier , before leaping after Ultron to vent his rage. Black Widow soon learned that Hulk had beaten Ultron in the departing Quinjet and appealed to him through a video link to disengage the plane's stealth technology, stating that it was harder for the Avengers to track him down, but Hulk simply severed the connection.

Romanoff and Nick Fury discuss Bruce Banner. Since her plan to run away with Banner had failed, due to him missing in action, she had nothing else but to remain a superhero. Romanoff trains the new lineup of Avengers. Upon his defeat, Falcon told Romanoff through the commlink it was important to him that Captain America never found about his failure.

HYDRA collected many of the parts of the destroyed Ultron Sentries and took them to an undisclosed location in Eastern Europe , where they used the parts to create the Ultimo and then used it to attack a small village. Romanoff joined the Avengers to an attack on the giant robot and together, they managed to destroy Ultimo. When Redwing scanned a garbage truck, it was revealed to be at maximum capacity; Black Widow realized that the truck was a battering ram.

Crossbones, having retrieved the biological weapon, escaped the building with his henchmen. Black Widow fails to defeat Crossbones. Black Widow gave chase on a motorcycle. She defeated Crossbones' agents with relative ease but was grabbed by Crossbones himself, her Bite ineffective against his armored suit. Crossbones, claiming that his allegiance was no longer to HYDRA , threw Black Widow into a truck containing two of his agents, tossing a grenade inside and closing the roof.

Black Widow incapacitated the agents and escaped the truck when the grenade blew. Crossbones gave the chemical his agents, ordering them to split up. This prompted the Avengers to chase them around Lagos. Black Widow reached them and held them at gunpoint; however, one threatened to drop the chemical. Black Widow killed one of them and the Redwing drone killed the other.

Black Widow caught the vial before it hit the ground, thanking Falcon as she left the area. Though Falcon insisted that she thank the drone, Black Widow refused. The battle ended with a blast accidentally caused by Scarlet Witch , which killed several civilians. The Avengers meet with Thaddeus Ross. In the wake of their mission in Lagos , the Avengers were presented summoned to a meeting by Thaddeus Ross , who proposed the Sokovia Accords , which would put them under the direct command of a panel of the United Nations.

Ross explained that while there were many who were grateful for the heroic actions of the Avengers, some deemed the members of the organization dangerous and believed the Accords would establish sanctions and oversight of the group.

The Avengers fight over the Sokovia Accords. Romanoff debates the Sokovia Accords. Much to the shock of her comrades, Romanoff agreed with Tony Stark and was willing to agree to the terms of the Accords, as she firmly believed that the Avengers as a group made mistakes in the past that they need to amend.

She then called Clint Barton and asked if he would sign the Accords, but he claimed he had retired rather than sign. After everyone else left, Rogers stayed behind alone in the church. Romanoff approached him and listened as Steve claimed how he initially assumed that everyone he knew was deceased after he awoke from the ice, but later found that Peggy was still alive. Romanoff informs Rogers about the status of the Sokovia Accords. Romanoff condoled him and said that Carter had his back.

He asked her who else had signed the Accords, so she replied that Stark, James Rhodes and Vision had all signed. She asked Rogers if he would reconsider his decision to not sign the Accords, saying that the Avengers should stay together regardless of how. He, as she expected, still refused and she admitted she was there as a friend to support him as he mourned the loss of Carter. Romanoff meets Prince T'Challa. She also met his father, T'Chaka ; to him, she gave her condolences for the death of the Wakandan citizens in Lagos.

During the conference, a bomb was activated , killing T'Chaka. The authorities suspected that Bucky Barnes was responsible for the bombing from security tapes showing the man responsible. Romanoff speaks with Steve Rogers. Outside the building, Romanoff apologized for T'Challa's loss and promised him that the task force would catch Barnes, but T'Challa said that he would kill Barnes himself. Steve Rogers called her and asked if she was fine and Romanoff responded positively, asking Rogers to stay out of the case with Barnes, or he might make things worse.

However, Rogers insisted that he should be the one who to bring Barnes in since he would not die by trying it. He hung up the phone, and Romanoff knew he went to defend Barnes. Romanoff in the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre. There, Romanoff told Rogers that what he had done had made things worse. However, Rogers began to suspect the psychiatrist was involved somehow with the setup of Barnes.

Romanoff is strangled by the Winter Soldier. During Barnes' psychological assessment, a power failure occurred. Barnes freed himself and tried to escape; however, Romanoff, Tony Stark and Sharon Carter engaged him. Romanoff was strangled by Barnes. As he attempted to finally kill his enemy once and for all, Romanoff asked if he could at least recognize her from their last encounter during the Battle of Washington, D.

Romanoff recruits T'Challa. However, Barnes escaped, but she and Stark knew Barnes was most likely with Rogers, who, along with Wilson, had also escaped custody. Thaddeus Ross gave Stark thirty-six hours to bring them in. Stark asked Romanoff if Hulk could assist them, but Romanoff knew that even if he was here, he would probably not be on their side. To get the fugitives in time, Romanoff approached T'Challa to ask for his help, promising she would help him find Barnes, despite engaging in a brief confrontation with Ayo , who initially demanded her to move away from T'Challa, but was dismissed by her King, who explained that Romanoff was an ally.

Black Widow confronts Captain America. When Captain America headed for a helicopter, he was stopped by Iron Man, and then surrounded by his team. Black Widow approached and asked Captain America to think about what was going to happen, and if he wanted it to turn into violence, rather than surrendering. However, Captain America's team then ambushed them, and they began to clash.

Black Widow found herself fighting against Ant-Man , who was hesitant to hurt her, which she assured him not to stress about as he didn't stand a chance against her. Black Widow then attacked Ant-Man and gained the upper hand in their fight; however, he suddenly shrunk down and threw her to the ground and began to pin her arm. As a response, she used her bite to knock him away, freeing herself.

Black Widow during the Clash of the Avengers. Black Widow was able to evade the explosion but was still knocked to the ground. Becoming frustrated by their opponents' refusal to surrender, Black Widow checked back with Iron Man to ask if this was all a part of the plan, for which he claimed they were only going easy on them, causing them to now going to change up their approach to be more aggressive.

Black Widow alongside Iron Man 's team. The two teams then stood before each other, and when the opposing team began to approach, Black Widow sarcastically and exhaustedly stated that it was going to end well. Black Widow fights against Ant-Man again. They then followed in moving forward so that they were both then charging at each other at full force. As the two sides collided together, a battle erupted with Tony's team fighting Steve's team to prevent them from escaping to Siberia.

When they collided, Black Widow found herself fighting Ant-Man again, dodging his attacks and kicking him when he returned to regular size, thus defeating him. She then threw his whole body to the ground, concluding their fight. Black Widow being confined by Hawkeye. Black Widow then moved on and came into contact with Hawkeye , and engaged in a fierce fight with him.

The two used their combat skills and weapons to fight each other until Hawkeye threw her to the ground. He then pinned her on the ground, and the fight was paused when she asked whether they were still best friends despite the current conflict, which he jokingly assured depending on how hard she hit him. Black Widow is thrown back by Wanda Maximoff. At that moment, Black Widow then got the upper hand, wrapping her legs around Hawkeye and threw him aside, due to him holding back. When she then went to kick him in the face to finish him, she was suddenly immobilized by Wanda Maximoff , saving Hawkeye.

Unable to fend off Maximoff's abilities, Black Widow was then launched into a luggage vehicle and was knocked out. Black Widow witnesses the fight continue.

No longer wanting to participate in the fight with those she cared about, she made her way to the hangar to guard the Quinjet , as it was the only way of escape. Knowing Captain America, she knew that he would never surrender and that there was no point in fighting them, so she decided to let them go. However, Black Panther then appeared behind them and was about to apprehend them, when she used her Bite to hold him back, tasering him.

Captain America and Barnes then made their way onboard the Quinjet, as Black Widow continued to stall Black Panther, hitting him with her taser disks whenever he broke free of them. However, he was able to get past her, but it was too late, as they had escaped in the Quinjet, leaving the airport.

She told Black Panther that she would help him find them, not capture them, seeing a difference in that. Moments before the end of the fight at the airport , James Rhodes crashed on the ground due to Vision's misfire. They all headed to Columbia University Medical Center , where Rhodes was treated, and Romanoff met up with Tony Stark , and the two went to talk privately. Romanoff is updated on James Rhodes. Stark informed her of Rhodes' current state, which she then addressed how Steve Rogers wasn't going to stop, meaning what happened to Rhodes was a best-case scenario.

However, Stark called Romanoff out for letting Rogers and Bucky Barnes go, which she defends her actions by saying that they went about the whole incident the wrong way.

Stark insults Romanoff by calling upon her former days of being a double agent. Romanoff then called Stark out for letting his ego cloud him. Romanoff confronts Tony Stark about how he acted. Stark then told her that T'Challa had told Thaddeus Ross of her betrayal, giving her a halfhearted warning that the government would come to arrest her, while saying that double crossing people is one of the things she's good at.

However, Romanoff stated that she wasn't the one that needed to watch her back, but rather Stark, due to the loss of allies he created due to how he had chosen to act during the whole incident, not trying to keep his friends together. Romanoff then left Stark and went on the run. Romanoff evades Thaddeus Ross. Romanoff left the United States of America and fled to Norway.

In Norway, she watched phone security footage of Thaddeus Ross and his S. Romanoff told Ross that he was embarrassing himself trying to capture her, before hanging up and taking a ferry to her hiding place. Romanoff is assisted by Rick Mason. After collecting some supplies, Romanoff drove up to her safehouse, where she was reunited with her old friend Rick Mason , who had set her up in her new location and brought a set of new identifications for her under the name "Fanny Longbottom.

That night, Romanoff put the box in her car, and settled in watching Moonraker , as well as considering dying her hair blonde. The female black widow is approximately 1. The black widow is prey for birds and other spiders.

Although poisonous, the black widow is not considered aggressive unless threatened. In fact, the male black widow is reclusive and hardly ever seen by humans. All rights reserved. Personality Quizzes. Funny Fill-In. Amazing Animals. Weird But True! Party Animals. Try This! Explore More. The male black widow is reclusive and hardly ever seen by humans.