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immature spider -? - Latrodectus hesperus
Copyright © 2012 Kurt Schaefer

immature spider -? - Latrodectus hesperus
8 miles N.Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
July 3, 2012
Size: 3 mm body
Found at entrance to kangaroo rat burrow.

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immature spider -? - Latrodectus hesperus immature spider -? - Latrodectus hesperus
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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 4 July, 2012 - 8:37am
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 10:59am

Moved
Moved from Western Black Widow.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 January, 2014 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Moved to Latrodectus mactans
Moved from Widow Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 August, 2012 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Juvenile Widow
Moved from Entelegynes . I think it's a juvenile Western Black Widow.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 July, 2012 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

 
i would guess the same
i would guess the same
… widowman10, 14 August, 2012 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Lynette,
I appreciate the ID.
… Kurt Schaefer, 4 July, 2012 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

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