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Mature Male Black Widow - Latrodectus mactans - male
Copyright © 2009 Amy

Mature Male Black Widow - Latrodectus mactans - Male
Fairfield County in Blythewood, SC, USA County, South Carolina, USA
Got suspicious when I realized this had the same spots and hour glass shape I had seen on dead black widow I fished out of the pool.
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Contributed by Amy on 30 June, 2009 - 9:21pm
Last updated 13 July, 2013 - 8:25am

Mature Male Black Widow - Latrodectus mactans
Looks like a juvenile female to me.
… Tom, 20 May, 2015 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

 
male
Penultimate male as stated below.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 23 May, 2015 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 11 August, 2010 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

male. penultimate. could be m
male. penultimate. could be mactans.
… widowman10, 14 July, 2010 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hobo Spider.
… Amy, 26 July, 2009 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Amy, 26 July, 2009 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

Male black widow?
This looks to me to be a mature male black widow.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 June, 2009 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

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