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Unknown - possibly part of the black widow family - Latrodectus mactans - male - female

Unknown - possibly part of the black widow family - Latrodectus mactans - Male Female
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
January 13, 2013
was wondering what species these spiders are?

Moved
Moved from Widow Spiders.

if they are from oklahoma, i'
if they are from oklahoma, i'm fairly certain they are mactans. hourglass shot would confirm it.

Moved
Moved from ID Request. I'm not sure which it is either, I'll ask widowman to take a look.

Latrodectus
They're definitely Black Widows (Latrodectus). I don't want to hazard a guess as to which species they are from this image. One of the others might have more insight.

ID
Looks like Northern Widows (Latrodectus variolus).

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