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Immature Southern Black Widow? - Latrodectus variolus
Copyright © 2010 datoes1441

Immature Southern Black Widow? - Latrodectus variolus
Monrovia, Madison County, Alabama, USA
August 30, 2010
Size: dime to nickel sized
scurried out from under some landscaping material i had in the lawn while i was mowing. had a large wolf spider or fishing spider as a meal recently. also very cobweb-ish webbing, not like an orb weaver, etc.
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Contributed by datoes1441 on 2 September, 2010 - 11:03am
Last updated 30 April, 2012 - 1:47pm

Moved
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 30 April, 2012 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

still a juvie?
if it is still a few molts from maturity, it is a little hard to tell.

i am leaning towards variolus. might put just a few dollars on that ;)
would love to see some glass shots though before being sure.
… widowman10, 8 November, 2010 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 31 October, 2010 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 24 September, 2010 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

Widow
It's certainly a widow. I'd like to see what widowman thinks of species. He's better at them than I am.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 September, 2010 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

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