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Black Widow

Latrodectus variolus

Photo by Juan10
Published on Project Noah
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41.6363, -88.2102

Field Notes

Description:

Black with some red
possibility that it is a female
8 legs smaller than a paper clip bigger than a penny
very fast creatures

Habitat:

in all north America and around the world
found on a tree alone

Notes:

females kill male after reproduction
females have stronger venom enough to kill a kid or a elderly woman
does not like to be disturbed
can lay up to thousands of eggs

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Excellent spotting Juan10! Welcome to Project Noah.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2013

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