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Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)
Photo#437880
Copyright © 2010
Rich Hoyer
spider with small body but long legs -
Latrodectus mactans
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
August 4, 2010
Size: with legs, almost an inch
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Rich Hoyer
on 6 August, 2010 - 1:46am
Last updated 20 August, 2010 - 2:09pm
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
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Eric R. Eaton
, 20 August, 2010 - 2:09pm
yep
looks like a mature male widow. now, as for which species, if the size was 1" or less it will be a mactans, which it looks to be anyway based on patterns/colors. remember, variolus males tend to be much bigger. mac males are the smallest. more info on males and sizes under my bio.
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widowman10
, 6 August, 2010 - 9:06am
Widowman10,
I think he is about 1 inch long. I say so because I captured the image with a Canon 50d using a 100 mm macro manually focused at true 1:1. Since the sensor is 22.3 mm wide and the spider looks to be exactly the length of the uncropped image, he is just under 25 mm or 1 inch in length.
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Rich Hoyer
, 6 August, 2010 - 9:15am
A male widow
Brian may be able to tell you which one
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john and jane balaban
, 6 August, 2010 - 8:35am
I thought that maybe it was a male widow,
but I couldn't support my belief. :)
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Rich Hoyer
, 6 August, 2010 - 8:41am