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Sarawak, Malaysia
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I found this female a few days ago on a grill that had been covered for a long time, almost placing my hand on it--yikes! It is now living in a terrarium (outside) for a while so I can get some shots. Tonight I found it out in a good position, so was able to take a few--very carefully. I took about six, and made one movement too quickly, and it darted under a piece of bark.According to the
BugGuide account, the incomplete hourglass indicates this is
Latrodectus variolus, the Northern Black Widow. (A complete hourglass would indicate the Southern Black Widow, which also occurs in this area.)
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Gambrills, Maryland, United States
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Latrodectus hasseltii
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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Zaragoza Espaa Hembra
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I'd felt this girl's web in my garage for some time but she was always hiding. I finally spotted her one night, but she was very skittish and she'd run and hide at the slightest bump.She was in such a dark corner I had to light her with a flashlight so I'd have enough light to focus with and then I had to fire a strobe remotely because there wasn't enough room for the whole rig on-camera.Oh and one more thing... this is full frame.
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Northern Cape, South Africa
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Gambrills, Maryland, United States
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Latrodectus hasseltii
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Chamkani, Paktia Province, Afghanistan
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Zaragoza Espaa HembraOrden: Aranei Familia: Theridiidae
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Oracle, Arizona, United States
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Jason Sharp;Central Florida
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Wedgefield, Florida, United States
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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Zaragoza Espaa Hembra
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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I was out taking pics of the black widows around my sisters apartment, and was very surprised to find this guy who was not a black widow, but a brown. I had no clue I was looking at something different until I was back inside and could see by more then the flash and a few dim street lights. In the dark, they look almost identical.Kingdom Animalia (Animals)Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)Subphylum ChelicerataClass Arachnida (Arachnids)Order Araneae (Spiders)Suborder OpisthothelaeInfraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)No Taxon (Entelegynes)Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)Genus LatrodectusSpecies geometricus (Brown Widow)
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Female Black Widow Spider, Latrodectus mactansSmithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryInsect Zoo/ Butterfly Pavilion
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Zaragoza Espaa"Nido" de hembra
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San Diego, California
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Northern Cape, South Africa