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Brown widow

Latrodectus geometricus

Spotting Image 1

Habitat:

Ambulance bay

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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago
Brown widow
Latrodectus geometricus Species Latrodectus geometricus - Brown Widow - BugGuide.Net


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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Scientific name added.

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Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

The egg sac gives this one away as the brown widow. This species has a tufted (or knobby) egg sac, whereas the black widows have a smooth, pear-shaped egg sac.

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Johnathan Nichols
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Johnathan Nichols

Starke, Florida, USA

Spotted on Oct 21, 2012
Submitted on Oct 22, 2012

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