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Juvenile Widow? - Latrodectus variolus
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Juvenile Widow? - Latrodectus variolus
Dixie Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
July 15, 2007
This is the first I've ever found in the wild oddly enough. I picked up some fallen bark and this was underneath. I stayed clear of bark after that!
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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 18 July, 2007 - 2:51pm

Definitely.
Yes, definitely a Latrodectus sp. Just don't stick your extremities where you can't see, and you'll be fine:-)
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