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Black widow

Description:

Black widow with what appears to be a egg sack

Habitat:

On a Sahuaro cactus

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2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

I see two egg sacs. This is typical. There are several species of black widow in the USA and others worldwide. Probably in the genus Latrodectus. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173...

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JamesWade

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Nov 2, 2013
Submitted on Nov 4, 2013

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