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Black Widow?? - Latrodectus variolus - female
Copyright © 2009 C Toth

Black Widow?? - Latrodectus variolus - Female
Midhurst, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
July 1, 2009
Size: size of a loonie
Found specimen in a wood pile. Googled it and found images that appear to identify it as a female Black Widow?? We are an hour north of Toronto; do these spiders live this far north, or was it transported via another method? Any other info would be helpful. Planning on letting it go......after a long car ride!
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Contributed by C Toth on 2 July, 2009 - 10:32am
Last updated 15 July, 2009 - 12:25pm

Looks like a
Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus). This species does range into southeastern Canada. More info here.
… Domingo Zungri, 2 July, 2009 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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