Comments & ID Thoughts
I’m slightly obsessed now. This is a much better picture!
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- Submitted: Mar 30, 2020
- Photographed: Mar 30, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Florence, South Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
It is the brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus)
Yes it is a Brown Widow and a MUCH better photo. The egg sacs of this species are white spiky balls. The spiky appearance makes them easy to identify compared to the egg sacs of other species in family Theridiidae. A new Latrodectus sp. spider was discovered recently that has purple egg sacs. Spiders never fail to deliver the awesomeness. I’ve gone spider hunting in your area, there are some really interesting insects and spiders there. If you click my profile pic and the camera icon, you can see what spiders I found in the Sumter area.