On no! It’s sad news.

Biologists in regions of the Southern U.S. noticed that the iconic black widow spider — known for its telltale hourglass mark and venomous bite — often disappeared when a different species, brown widows, showed up. Now, new research published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America provides compelling evidence that the brown widows are indeed driving Southern black widows out, in part by attacking and killing the well-known arachnids.

“They don’t seem to be good neighbors with each other,” Louis Coticchio, a biologist and graduate student at the University of South Florida who led the research, told Mashable.

It’s specifically the brown widows who have their hate on for black widows.

To best see what’s transpiring between these two widow species, Coticchio tested close brown widow interactions with three related spider species: the Southern black widow, the red house spider (Nesticodes rufipes), and the triangulate cobweb spider (Steatoda triangulosa). The interactions happened in containers filled with twigs and branches.

The results were stark. Brown widows were 6.6 times more likely to aggressively attack the black widows compared with the other species.

Can’t we all get along? I can tell you from personal experience that black widows are calm, mellow spiders who don’t want any trouble — they just like to chill in some twigs and branches and be at peace with the world.

This news makes me want to run over to the lab and cuddle and snuggle with my little guys, give ’em a snack, and tell them that I appreciate them. But I can’t! I’m snowed in, the sidewalks and roads are treacherous, and my wife, who is trapped at work, texted me to sternly tell me I’m not allowed to clear the driveway until she’s home to make sure she doesn’t become a widow.