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Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
Photo#713666
Copyright © 2012
Chris Baker
Brown White Long Legged Spider -
Latrodectus hesperus
Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA
October 12, 2012
Size: 5mm (body only)
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Contributed by
Chris Baker
on 12 October, 2012 - 4:56pm
Last updated 13 October, 2012 - 8:49am
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Lynette Elliott
, 13 October, 2012 - 8:49am
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Brown Widow?
I went back outside and tried to get some photos without disturbing this guy... but I wanted to see if it had an hourglass on it's belly, because I did some searching and it sort of looks like a Brown Widow with the legs, but the body looks different than any of the other images on this site for the Brown Widow. In the third photo I took, you can see half of the hourglass. It is orange.
It's a beautiful spider.
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Chris Baker
, 12 October, 2012 - 4:59pm
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