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Western Black Widow - Latrodectus mactans - female
Copyright © 2019 Holly Salvato

Western Black Widow - Latrodectus mactans - Female
Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA
April 3, 2019
Not sure if this is Western or Southern Black Widow?
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Contributed by Holly Salvato on 12 April, 2019 - 7:43pm
Last updated 14 April, 2019 - 9:10pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 14 April, 2019 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

the spider
that is lacrodectus mactans
… steven douglas hess, 12 April, 2019 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep
Like sands of the hourglass, so is that a mactans. Dumb jokes aside, that's a nice L. mactans.
… shieldsa, 12 April, 2019 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

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