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Brown Widow - Latrodectus geometricus - female
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Brown Widow - Latrodectus geometricus - Female
Latrodectus geometricus (Brown Widow). Note the eggsac...very helpful in identification.
Contributed by Latrodectus on 1 October, 2005 - 5:39am
Last updated 1 October, 2005 - 1:32pm

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