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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Widow Spiders (Latrodectus) » Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
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Crucian spider - Latrodectus hesperus - female
Copyright © 2006 Patrick Alexander

Crucian spider - Latrodectus hesperus - Female
Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
February 3, 2006
Size: ~1"
I found this spider in my apartment in Las Cruces. She'd apparently had a male around recently, too, given the small spiderlings nearby. Apart from this one, the only arachnid residents of my apartment I've noticed have been black widows...
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Contributed by Patrick Alexander on 18 February, 2006 - 7:26pm
Last updated 18 February, 2006 - 10:03pm

Ooooooooooooh!
That's bad. The only arachnid residents of your apartment are, ::Gulps:: Black Widows?! Have you ever got bitten before?
… Brittanie McCormack, 13 July, 2006 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Nope...
Haven't been bitten (yet). I haven't seen as many around in the last few months, but they're pretty good at staying in their corners out of my way. I just need to check before reaching under furniture and so forth.
… Patrick Alexander, 13 July, 2006 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

This
one is also a black widow, L. hesperus. It is a juvenile.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 18 February, 2006 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

 
juvnile brown widow
That's a brown widow not black.
… patrick, 9 June, 2009 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID!
I'd been thinking it looked widow-like except for the coloration. Always fun to have black widows breeding in the apartment, too. Maybe I ought to do something about that...

Patrick Alexander
http://boechera.nmsu.edu/~paalexan/
… Patrick Alexander, 19 February, 2006 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome picture
why dont you move it to the guide?
… Omar Fahmy, 18 February, 2006 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Done
… Chuck Entz, 18 February, 2006 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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