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Western Black Widow (young)

Latrodectus hesperus

Description:

Spider. Kind of Widow like with the semi "hourglass" belly. Rest of the body is a bit different.

Habitat:

Desert

1 Species ID Suggestions

Western Black Widow (young)
Latrodectus hesperus Species Latrodectus hesperus - Western Black Widow - BugGuide.Net


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1 Comment

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago

I suppose it may also be a (Latrodectus geometricus) Brown Widow, not 100% sure.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/23403

LuckyM
Spotted by
LuckyM

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Apr 23, 2012
Submitted on Jun 24, 2012

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