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Black Widow hatchlings - Latrodectus hesperus
Copyright © 2010 Heidi Eaton

Black Widow hatchlings - Latrodectus hesperus
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
June 5, 2010
Size: ~1mm
I believe these are Western Black Widow hatchlings, but will leave at genus until I get a better shot of the adult female. If I had realized how close these were to dispersing, I would have closed my sliding glass door, which they were close to. Oops!

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Contributed by Heidi Eaton on 6 June, 2010 - 12:12am
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 12:54pm

Moved
Moved from Western Black Widow.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 January, 2014 - 11:02am

Moved
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… Heidi Eaton, 15 June, 2010 - 10:03am

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