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Black Widow Spider - Latrodectus hesperus - female
Copyright © 2006 Werner Eigelsreiter

Black Widow Spider - Latrodectus hesperus - Female
Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
April 4, 2006
Size: 5 cm legspan
not sure if it is a Western or Southern Black Widow Spider
Contributed by Werner Eigelsreiter on 21 April, 2006 - 11:45am
Last updated 21 April, 2006 - 1:45pm

This
seems to be a good example of a split hourglass on a hesperus.
I have observed adult female hesperus in southern and central CA with split, partial, or no hourglass.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 21 April, 2006 - 1:55pm

 
Thanks
Thanks
… Werner Eigelsreiter, 21 April, 2006 - 11:57pm

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