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Description:

Male Northern Black Widow??

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Comments (2)
Aaron_G
North Carolina is an overlap zone for both the northern and southern black widow, so I don't think it's possible from this image to determine the true species. It's definitely a male and it looks like Latrodectus to me. Nice spotting!
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PublishedMay 9, 2012

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