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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Widow Spiders (Latrodectus) » Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
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western black widow spider - Latrodectus hesperus - female
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

western black widow spider - Latrodectus hesperus - Female
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 1, 2001
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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 3 November, 2009 - 3:51pm
Last updated 4 November, 2009 - 11:05am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 4 November, 2009 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

Beautiful
I wish I could see one in person. Never have (yet).
… Mandy Howe, 3 November, 2009 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
too bad not in L.A.
I'd know of a place where you could find hundreds of them. Kind of funny. It was this retaining wall on the outer edge of a yard in a multimillion dollar home neighborhood. If they only knew.. :-)
… Andrew Williams, 4 November, 2009 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
Haha
I just daydreamed a scenario that would happen to me if I lived there...
I would probably get arrested for trespassing as I tried to collect some of those widows. lol. That would be just my luck.
… Mandy Howe, 4 November, 2009 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Pretty :)
You can't do justice to Black Widows without seeing them in person :) They're so striking. We had one in our office here at work (bug work, it's ok :P ) I could have sat and stared at it all day.
… Andrew Meeds, 3 November, 2009 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
yah
I'm really fascinated with them. Found a female northern this year with her egg case and considered raising a batch of 'em. Decided they'd be better off out in the woods and left her there. What's your bug work?
… Andrew Williams, 3 November, 2009 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Working at...
Some USDA Agricultural Research Service Labs- Biological Control of Insects Labs... It's pretty sweet :) Get to work with colonies of bugs and all that good stuff :)
… Andrew Meeds, 3 November, 2009 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

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