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Widow - Latrodectus mactans
Copyright © 2006 Herschel Raney

Widow - Latrodectus mactans
Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA
May 25, 2006
Size: 17mm
Today the egg case gave way. And now I have hundreds of widows.

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Widow - Latrodectus mactans - female Widow - Latrodectus mactans
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Contributed by Herschel Raney on 25 May, 2006 - 10:07pm

Oh! That could give you nightmares!
How did the adult respond to your approach to her spiderlings? Does she guard them as she guards the egg itself?
… john and jane balaban, 26 May, 2006 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Widow mother
Stays hidden during the day behind the gutter. While the spiderlings are out in the web matrix all day. I have not touched the webbing. So maybe she would rush out to their rescue but I haven't pushed her. She is the largest Widow I have ever seen in my section of the country.
… Herschel Raney, 26 May, 2006 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

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