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Obviously Black Widow, but which one?? - Latrodectus - female
Copyright © 2008 Jason Wagner

Obviously Black Widow, but which one?? - Latrodectus - Female
Altamonte Springs, Open field, Seminole County, Florida, USA
October 4, 2008
This female has the broken hour glass with the red dot behind the spinnerets. Is this characteristic of the Northern Widow? Would this be found so far south into Central Florida? Please take a look at the other photos for more details..

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Obviously Black Widow, but which one?? - Latrodectus - female Obviously Black Widow, but which one?? - Latrodectus - female Obviously Black Widow, but which one?? - Latrodectus - female Obviously Black Widow, but which one?? - Latrodectus - female
Contributed by Jason Wagner on 10 October, 2008 - 12:19am
Last updated 13 October, 2008 - 4:15pm

Please stand by:-)
Great images! Cleaning up ID Request, so placing in genus for now. Thank you for your patience.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 October, 2008 - 4:16pm

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