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Western Black Widow - Latrodectus hesperus - female
Copyright © 2005 Latrodectus

Western Black Widow - Latrodectus hesperus - Female
Compare the hourglass of this specimen with that the L.mactans picture.
Contributed by Latrodectus on 1 October, 2005 - 5:42am
Last updated 1 October, 2005 - 1:32pm

Moved to guide page
- I see you are new to posting so perhaps you didn't realize you could post straight to the image page for the species. I have also moved a couple of your other images. When posted to the species page, the scientific name shows up automatically after your title - you may want to edit titles in light of that.
Very nice shots - welcome to BugGuide!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 October, 2005 - 8:33am

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