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Field Notes

Description:

Black round bodied spider with white stripes and red stripe on its back. Found inside of mailbox, did not like being in direct sunlight.

Habitat:

Found inside mailbox

Species ID Suggestions

Western Black Widow (Subadult female)

Latrodectus hesperus

Reference Link
Jack Settle
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Comments (2)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Welcome to Project Noah, RobinHowardMoser I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
BenjaminKabel
I think you have a northern black widow, though yours has quite a bit of variation in its appearance. Latrodectus variolus http://bugguide.net/node/view/26421
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PublishedJuly 16, 2013

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