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Southern Black Widow (Male)

Latrodectus mactans

Description:

Body has orange stripe down back with white spots on either side.

Notes:

Taken by Randy =)

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2 Comments

Cammie C. Jeffries
Cammie C. Jeffries 12 years ago

Spiders are the one thing I can't do, I didn't get any closer. Lol. I searched it, I agree with your guess Goody. That's what we were afraid of. Lol

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 12 years ago

Hmmm.... could be a male southern black widow but I'd need to see it a bit closer to make that determination.

Amber, Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on Apr 23, 2012
Submitted on Apr 23, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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