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Northern Black Widow - Latrodectus variolus - female

Northern Black Widow - Latrodectus variolus - Female
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA
May 23, 2008
An adult female Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus), capturing a roach in its web. Although the web was impressively large, the distance it had to traverse did not hinder the Widow in any way from rushing its entangled prey in a matter of seconds.

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