Latrodectus variolus
(Northern Black Widow)

Comments & ID Thoughts

We see black widows all the time. It looked to me like a young black widow but the abdomen was not as round. It acted like a black widow, it ran away from me until it realized it wasn't threatened.

• Submitted by: 
  
  odemack
• Submitted: May 29, 2018
• Photographed: May 28, 2018
• Spider: Latrodectus variolus (Northern Black Widow)
• Sex: 
  
  Male,
• Location: Hopewell, Illinois, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Dorsal