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Brown widow

Photo by BluberryLiLi
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown body with orange hourglass on belly. Egg sacs are spikey white balls.

Habitat:

After dark I use a flashlight to find these guys suspended from chair legs in my back yard. During the day I see only strong, messy webs.

Notes:

http://www.venombyte.com/venom/spiders/brown_widow.asp
Great article on these guys

Species ID Suggestions

Latrodectus geometricus

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PublishedJanuary 27, 2012

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