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Widow - Latrodectus - female
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Widow - Latrodectus - Female
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
January 18, 2009
Size: 6mm (1/4")
Not dead, just cold.

I think this is a Southern Black Widow, as opposed to a Northern. The hourglass is solid rather than broken.
Please confirm.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 18 January, 2009 - 8:19pm
Last updated 23 January, 2009 - 2:42pm

I agree.
Very nice images of what I suspect is a sub-adult female. I'll be curious what Jay Barnes or Jeff Hollenbeck have to say about the dorsal markings. I think she is just not old enough to have lost them yet.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 January, 2009 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

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