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Latrodectus mactans
(Southern Black Widow)

Picture ID 16799

Picture of Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow) - Ventral

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Female Black Widow

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darlae

oops! actual date found was September 8, 2017

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dinamaj

This is a Black Widow spider, female, I believe.

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thereaverofdarkness

It looks like a Latrodectus Hasselti female, though the location is far out of Hasselti’s range in Australia and New Zealand.

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darlae

Oh, had to look that up and they do look very similar. I believe the one here is Latrodectus Theridiidae.

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thereaverofdarkness

I see now, it’s clearly a Mactans. The red marking is ventral, but I had mistakenly thought it was dorsal. Theridiidae is the family designation of all Latrodectus spiders.

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ItsyBitsy

Hi, your image has been filed. See above image for ID. 🙂

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Picture of Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow) - Ventral Enlarge Picture
Picture of Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow) - Ventral Enlarge Picture