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- Submitted: May 15, 2023
- Photographed: May 15, 2023
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Bear, Delaware, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Unidentified
Picture ID 178168
I think it is southern black widow
Yes this is a Southern Black Widow. Therdiidae Latrodectus mactans. We know it’s not a Latrodectus varioulus (Northern Black Widow) because the second red dot on abdomen is not wider then it is high.
So is it going to update and change the name from unidentified
Hopefully! It doesn’t happen a lot.
Nope. The Moderator is supposed to do that for you. The problem is that I inherited volunteering as the moderator for the site 3 years ago but I don’t have any of the technical controls for it. I’m waiting for the Administrator to to reprogram for that and for “moderator” to be near my name. Since the beginning of the pandemic photos aren’t getting labels and the statistics aren’t updated. So, for now the ID we give in the comments is the closest it will get to completion. I haven’t proof-read everything that has been said, there might be some… Read more »
Thanks!