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Spotting

Description:

Spider with prey

1 Species ID Suggestions

Black Widow
Lactrodectus mactans Physical Description from Animal Diversity Web


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4 Comments

David46
David46 11 years ago

Yeah, but I think this is the same Black Widow as the other Black Widow I photographed because I found both in the same habitat (under a brick).

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Oh, I just noticed that the image is from March. We may not get her identified. :-(

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Yes, this is a juvenile female, but to determine its identity, I would need to see the hourglass shape on the underside of the abdomen. A solid red shape means it's southern (Latrodectus mactans), and a divided hourglass shape means it's northern (Latrodectus variolus). We have both in Oklahoma. Hopefully you still have access to this spider and can determine her ID. :-)

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

I think it might be the black widow (female?).

David46
Spotted by
David46

Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on Mar 3, 2012
Submitted on Jul 27, 2012

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