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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae) » Leucauge » Leucauge argyrobapta
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black widow? - Leucauge argyrobapta
Copyright © 2008 _stephanie_

black widow? - Leucauge argyrobapta
Singer Island, Florida, USA
July 9, 2008
Size: 3/4 inch
Can anyone help me identify this spider? Is it the famous widow? I got a little scared, couldn't focus,etc...sorry.
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Contributed by _stephanie_ on 11 July, 2008 - 6:55pm
Last updated 6 September, 2018 - 11:33am

Moved
Moved from Orchard Spider.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 6 September, 2018 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… John R. Maxwell, 28 July, 2008 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

to give you a clue, the black widow is, well, black...
*
… v belov, 11 July, 2008 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

 
You should
take a look through the guide to find the other colors visible on a widow.

The web is a far more distinctive difference here than color.
… Jay Barnes, 13 July, 2008 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

Harmless
Leucauge venusta (Orchard Spider)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2010
… John R. Maxwell, 11 July, 2008 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
you rule! thank you
you rule! thank you
… _stephanie_, 11 July, 2008 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
orchard spider
Once I got a clear look, I realized how many different colors it really was. Thanks to your replies and info, I've been spotting them all around the area. :-)
… _stephanie_, 14 July, 2008 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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