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Southern Black Widow Spider

Latrodectus mactans

Description:

I disrupted this female black widow while cleaning up my rock/flower garden. Though very venomous, the spider was timid and let me chase it around and move it a bit so I could get some pictures.

Habitat:

Rocky areas

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1 Comment

Meowface2000
Meowface2000 9 years ago

Freak!

albear1960
Spotted by
albear1960

Missouri, USA

Spotted on Jun 24, 2013
Submitted on Jun 24, 2013

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