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Southern black widow

Latrodectus mactans

Description:

A normal sized spider, almost all black in color accept for the hourglass shaped splotch on the abdomen, this was a female, males if the species are smaller and they look different.

Habitat:

A flower pot, with a hole in the bottom, prey probably falls in that hole and into the base of the pot, where the widows nest is.

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Ihazapughappy
Spotted by
Ihazapughappy

Louisiana, USA

Spotted on Dec 20, 2012
Submitted on Dec 21, 2012

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