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Female Juvenile Black Widow Spider? - Latrodectus mactans - female
Copyright © 2009 Kevin Bulger

Female Juvenile Black Widow Spider? - Latrodectus mactans - Female
Leonia, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
July 23, 2009
Size: 2/8ths or 3/8th inch
Orange hour glass on underside. Is this a north eastern Black widow? or western?

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Female Juvenile Black Widow Spider? - Latrodectus mactans - female Female Juvenile Black Widow Spider? - Latrodectus mactans - female
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Contributed by Kevin Bulger on 23 July, 2009 - 5:55pm
Last updated 24 July, 2009 - 12:07am

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… Lynette Schimming, 24 July, 2009 - 12:07am login or register to post comments

hourglass broken ?
Is the hourglass broken like this, vs. complete hourglass? I think it's probably a northern bw, Latrodectus variolus.

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… Andrew Williams, 23 July, 2009 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Hour glass
Actualy its a compleet hour glass. I was able to get a clear picture for you and added it so you can see. Any other suggestions???
… Kevin Bulger, 23 July, 2009 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
complete hourglass rules out northern bw
I see it got the correct ID of southern black widow.
… Andrew Williams, 24 July, 2009 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
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Yeah, kinda odd to see around here. I've been in pest control almost 5 years n this is the 2nd time Iv found one. Noone in the 2 companies I worked ever saw em during their 10-20 years working. Last one I had was a north eastern black widow.
… Kevin Bulger, 24 July, 2009 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
north eastern black widow?
What is a north eastern black widow? Is that just your name for L. variolus?
… Lynette Schimming, 24 July, 2009 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

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