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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Widow Spiders (Latrodectus) » Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
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Unidentified spider - Latrodectus hesperus - male
Copyright © 2014 Mark Dreiling

Unidentified spider - Latrodectus hesperus - Male
Santee, San Diego County, California, USA
November 13, 2014
Found on side of house at night near Santee Lakes

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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 14 November, 2014 - 8:44pm
Last updated 14 November, 2014 - 9:52pm

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Moved from Spiders.
… Mark Dreiling, 14 November, 2014 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

Western Black Widow (male)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 14 November, 2014 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
I have found a lot of the females around the outside of the house.
… Mark Dreiling, 14 November, 2014 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Same here...
We have these in abundance in southern Oregon. At any given time, I can find them in my shed, in the garage, and on the house perimeter. I even found a female that set up a web on the side of a small box under my dining room table. Something to be aware of.
… Ross Hill, 14 November, 2014 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

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