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It has a red/orange hourglass shape on its stomach like a black widow, except it is brown. Are they as venomous as a black widow? How severe would abide by the spider be?

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SugaoKC
SugaoKC 7 years ago
Brown Widow
Latrodectus geometricus Latrodectus geometricus


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1 Comment

SugaoKC
SugaoKC 7 years ago

Brown widows are as venomous as the black widow, but not as dangerous; they don't inject as much venom, so the symptoms are milder and more confined to the bite area. Still not a spider I'd handle.

DillonUSMC
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DillonUSMC

California, USA

Spotted on Oct 1, 2016
Submitted on Oct 2, 2016

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