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Black Widow Spider Male - Latrodectus variolus - male
Copyright © 2012 entangled

Black Widow Spider Male - Latrodectus variolus - Male
Louisa County, Virginia, USA
May 28, 2012
We've found MANY black widow spiders on our house in the last week. I have photographed several of them, but this is the first male. I don't know if the photo is clear enough for species ID, but I'd like to know. I'm uploading 2 photos of 2 separate females as well.
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Contributed by entangled on 28 May, 2012 - 9:19am
Last updated 14 August, 2012 - 3:20pm

Moved to Latrodectus variolus
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 August, 2012 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

looks like it might be a vari
looks like it might be a variolus male.
… widowman10, 14 August, 2012 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 28 May, 2012 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

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