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Maybe, possibly Brown Widow ? - Latrodectus hesperus - female
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Maybe, possibly Brown Widow ? - Latrodectus hesperus - Female
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
September 20, 2013
Size: Body 10 mm
A small, very colorful widow with very long legs and an orange/yellow hourglass. I suspect she's a Brown widow but she looks like some of the male Black widows in color and size. We're still having rains in New Mexico and I suspect she was looking for a dry spot. Moved her from a planter in the front porch to "open space" behind our house. ID help would be appreciated. Thanks

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Maybe, possibly Brown Widow ? - Latrodectus hesperus - female Maybe, possibly Brown Widow ? - Latrodectus hesperus - female Maybe, possibly Brown Widow ? - Latrodectus hesperus - female Maybe, possibly Brown Widow ? - Latrodectus hesperus - female
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Contributed by WTA1 on 23 September, 2013 - 12:35am
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 10:53am

Moved
Moved from Western Black Widow.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 January, 2014 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 September, 2013 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

western widow
Latrodectus hesperus
… wolfpacksved, 23 September, 2013 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

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