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southern black widow

Latrodectus mactans

Description:

I found this spider when I was about to use an overturned flowerpot that had been sitting outside. I decided to let the spider just keep her flowerpot and I found another one to use. Is it a black widow? I haven't seen ones with spots on the back before. There's a glare from the light, but it was just shiny black with red spots and a stripe. Edit: I later got some photos when she turned around and showed me the hourglass shape on her underside, so now I know it's a black widow.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Muckpuk
Muckpuk 6 years ago
Black widow
Latrodectus Latrodectus - Wikipedia


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5 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Your welcome, GraceWhite....

GraceWhite
GraceWhite 6 years ago

Thank you maplemoth662.

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Beautiful photos....

Muckpuk
Muckpuk 6 years ago

You're welcome

GraceWhite
GraceWhite 6 years ago

Thanks for the ID Muckpuk.

GraceWhite
Spotted by
GraceWhite

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Nov 11, 2017
Submitted on Nov 12, 2017

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