Western Black Widow (immature Female)

very resilient!

and not edible:)

Thnx Bayucca,you can see the eye arrangement quite well on this one. Very simple. Two rows of 4 eyes each .

Uups! Thanks Mark! Silly iPad misspelling...

Hi Jemma - that bayucca has set you up - Latrodectus not Lactrodectus :-)

Hi Jemma, I actually saw that movie, about 4 years back, but it is one of my favorites, so I remember the characters.

Dhirendra,the spider is lovely ,but not it's bite.. Its bite is dangerous because of the neurotoxin latrotoxin, which causes the condition latrodectism, both named for the genus. The female black widow has unusually large venom glands and its bite is particularly harmful to humans

Namitha,looks like you have seen a lot of animated cartoons lately ! :)

thanks,too many of these around. Scary.

thanks guys. Maria,I did get close to it. In case of Black widows,they are most mobile in their webs. Even then they choose to go into their retreats rather than attack .They do have a strategy for sure.

Beauty !

Cool spotting Jemma, reminds me of 'Bug's Life'. [the animated movie]

Lovely spider...

Did you get very close to it? :)