[2][4] The name bishopi honors Marshall B. Bishop who collected the specimens on which the description was based.

Within these areas, the species makes most of its webs in palmetto bushes (Serenoa repens and Sabal etonia) at heights of 30 cm or more above the ground.

[6] Possible predators of L. bishopi include sphecid wasps and the Florida scrub jay.

[7] L. bishopi has been reported to be venomous like the other Latrodectus members,[8] and although no bites by this spider are recorded in the medical literature, a bite has been captured on video and documented by biologist Spencer Hoffman on the YouTube channel MyWildBackyard on April 15, 2023.

Unlike cosmopolitan species such as the black and brown widows, it seldom comes into contact with humans.