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Count 'em!!! - Latrodectus geometricus
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Count 'em!!! - Latrodectus geometricus
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
December 7, 2006
Thought it was a nice number...
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 7 December, 2006 - 3:04pm

That's nothing
I counted 15 Female brown widows unuder chairs on my parents back porch in Altamonte Springs, Florida and nearly 40 eggs..
… Jason Wagner, 8 July, 2008 - 2:19am login or register to post comments

Yes
Browns are the most prolific of the widows in NA, but are also the shortest lived.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 9 December, 2006 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

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