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Mature Male Black Widow - Latrodectus
Copyright © 2009 Amy

Mature Male Black Widow - Latrodectus
Fairfield County in Blythewood, SC, USA County, South Carolina, USA
Got suspicious when I realized this had the same spots and hour glass shape I had seen on dead black widow I fished out of the pool.
Contributed by Amy on 30 June, 2009 - 9:21pm
Last updated 28 November, 2009 - 5:41pm

Moved
Moved from Hobo Spider.
… Amy, 26 July, 2009 - 3:40pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Amy, 26 July, 2009 - 3:38pm

Male black widow?
This looks to me to be a mature male black widow.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 June, 2009 - 9:31pm

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