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I first thought brown widow bc the legs and orange markings but they don’t look like the usual markings I’m use to seeing
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- Submitted: Mar 31, 2021
- Photographed: Mar 31, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Douglas , Georgia, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
This is the standard markings for Brown Widows (Latrodectus geometricus). You also have the Northern (L. variolus) and Southern (L. mactans) Black Widows in Georgia.
Yes, the top of the body (dorsal) looks different, this is the underside which is similar to the red “hourglass” mark on black widows, except it is orange and wider.
I didn’t get a chance to get her in my capture container so I didn’t see underneath but I have never seen this pattern in any brown widow my husband said brown widow .. she’s beautiful but I’ll have to move her tomorrow