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Paralyzed Black Widow? - Latrodectus mactans - female
Copyright © 2012 Amy Goodman

Paralyzed Black Widow? - Latrodectus mactans - Female
SEMINOLE, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
June 26, 2012
Found this Black Widow on my porch near a widow web. It was just laying there flexible, but not moving. It seemed to have no control. I think it might have been paralyzed by a spider wasp, and then maybe interrupted?

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Paralyzed Black Widow? - Latrodectus mactans - female Paralyzed Black Widow? - Latrodectus mactans - female
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Contributed by Amy Goodman on 27 June, 2012 - 9:56am
Last updated 27 June, 2012 - 5:26pm

Moved to Southern Black Widow
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 27 June, 2012 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

sounds reasonable. and yes, m
sounds reasonable. and yes, mactans.
… widowman10, 27 June, 2012 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

Paralyzed Black Widow?
That sounds like a reasonable assumption. I suppose another spider might have also gotten at it. It looks like a Southern Black Widow to me.
… Lynette Elliott, 27 June, 2012 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
The web she was near
I think belonged to a male widow... maybe he ran her off? I have a photo of him, when I caught him out of his hidey hole. I'll post that too. But feel free to frass these if not needed.
… Amy Goodman, 27 June, 2012 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

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