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Widow Spider

Latrodectus hesperus

Photo by 14bluet
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Aaron_G
Hi there. Do you happen to have any other shots of this spider? I ask because Latrodectus hesperus is not found anywhere near the east coast. Here's a decent list of its distribution: http://bugguide.net/node/view/26346/data

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PublishedOctober 21, 2013

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