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My Male Visitor - Latrodectus hesperus - male
Copyright © 2005 Catfisha

My Male Visitor - Latrodectus hesperus - Male
College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA
Here's his side/ventral view of his abdomen at 60X....Sorry about the horrid picture quality!

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Contributed by Catfisha on 2 June, 2005 - 2:54pm
Last updated 4 August, 2005 - 11:21pm

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