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Western Black Widow (Male)

Latrodectus hesperus

Photo by holly.gillard
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Field Notes

Description:

Dime sized spider. Brown. Off white hour glass on belly.

Found in my car after fishing trip in Santee lakes, CA.

Habitat:

Car. Encinitas, CA.

Species ID Suggestions

Western Black Widow (Male)

Latrodectus hesperus

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Annika
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Comments (2)
Annika
The photo in the suggestion above is of a darker colored male with a white hourglass marking on the underside of the abdomen; the female of this species is the well-known black spider with the red hourglass mark. Here's the wikipedia page for the species, and it has a few more photos of different male coloration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus_hesperus The article says males are harmless to humans, just fyi!
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PublishedJuly 31, 2013

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