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Black widow? - Latrodectus variolus
Copyright © 2011 David Chandek-Stark

Black widow? - Latrodectus variolus
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 23, 2011
Size: ~1cm
I couldn't find another picture quite like this.
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Contributed by David Chandek-Stark on 23 July, 2011 - 10:41pm
Last updated 25 June, 2012 - 4:23pm

Moved to Latrodectus variolus
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 June, 2012 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

looks like a typical carolina
looks like a typical carolina variolus.
… widowman10, 25 June, 2012 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

Yikes!
Thanks for the ID! It was hanging out in the enclosure underneath my gas grill. Since it looked fairly different from the pix of BW's I'd seen, thought it might be something else.
… David Chandek-Stark, 24 July, 2011 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 July, 2011 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

Yep.
She's a black widow. She looks weird because of her emaciated abdomen. She may not have eaten in a while.
… Breanna Lyle, 23 July, 2011 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

Black Widow
Yes. It looks odd because it's emaciated.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 July, 2011 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

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