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We know it is a juvenile female widow but we are trying to figure out exactly which type. We live in PA but she was found in our bag of grapes. No clue where the grapes came from as they were in a plain bag because the grocery store pulled the order for us. Since I think not all black widows are in our area of PA I don't just want to let her go without knowing her exact type.

  • Submitted by: 
    RandomUser
  • Submitted: Jun 27, 2020
  • Photographed: Jun 26, 2020
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: Yes
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DanR

Seems like a northern black widow.
here’s a link: https://spiderid.com/spider/theridiidae/latrodectus/variolus/

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LittleSlingLover

This is a Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans). One way to distinguish them is with the number of bands on the side of their abdomens. Variolus has 4 while mactans has 3 like this picture. https://bugguide.net/node/view/178345

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DanR

Good to know

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RandomUser

Thank you, I appreciate the extra info as we weren’t sure how to tell the difference between the different types. I really appreciate it!

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casita1

I believe you are right the it is a Latrodectus Mactan, but I thik this is a pic of a male specimen.

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casita1

I believe that is a male L. Mactan

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RandomUser

Is there a way to post more photos in this thread? I have an underneath photo but I don’t want to have to make a whole new post.

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