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Immature female widow or false widow? - Latrodectus hesperus - female

Immature female widow or false widow? - Latrodectus hesperus - Female
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
September 11, 2015
Size: 1 Inch-ish?
Working at Home Depot, we get a lot of weird bugs in our freight so this little one could have come from anywhere. I've definitely never seen it before but it is smaller than any black widow I have ever seen. It was about eight thirty in the morning (already hot) and I was moving this box and stuck my hand in a web. When I spun around the box, this little spider jumped a little and didn't move after that. It is shaped very much like a female widow and based on pictures from your site, I think it could be an immature female northern or southern widow but I can't tell the difference. People are telling me it is a false widow but I can't find any pictures that match it very well. Thank you for your time and any help you can give me!

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