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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Widow Spiders (Latrodectus) » Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus)
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Male brown widow--Latrodectus geometricus - Latrodectus geometricus - male
Copyright © 2008 Susan Wise-Eagle

Male brown widow--Latrodectus geometricus - Latrodectus geometricus - Male
East San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
December 28, 2007
Size: 2.5 mm
Finally got home where I could take a photo of the male with my dissecting scope. I collected him with the females I submitted earlier which were big enough to photograph without the scope. As is typical of the genus, this guy was minute compared to the females. In this photo he's eating an aphid that's not very large.

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Male brown widow--Latrodectus geometricus - Latrodectus geometricus - male Male brown widow--Latrodectus geometricus - Latrodectus geometricus - male
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Contributed by Susan Wise-Eagle on 13 January, 2008 - 1:01am
Last updated 15 February, 2012 - 1:11pm

Moved
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 15 February, 2012 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

little geo male :) not too
little geo male :)

not too often you see a MM feeding...
… widowman10, 15 February, 2012 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cobweb Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 15 February, 2012 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
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