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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Widow Spiders (Latrodectus) » Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)
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black widow spiderlings - Latrodectus mactans
Copyright © 2007 Leslie Durham

black widow spiderlings - Latrodectus mactans
Dixon, Phelps County, Missouri, USA
September 23, 2007

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Contributed by Leslie Durham on 27 September, 2007 - 4:18am
Last updated 16 July, 2010 - 6:28pm

Moved
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 16 July, 2010 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

judging by location, small si
judging by location, small size, and red color, i would guess

L. mactans slings.
… widowman10, 15 July, 2010 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

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