Comments & ID Thoughts
I found this Western Black Widow outside my house today. I had no idea they were in Las Vegas until I ran across it.
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- Submitted: Sep 20, 2023
- Photographed: Sep 19, 2023
- Spider: Latrodectus hesperus (Western Black Widow)
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
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I think I had only seen about 8 western black widows until I moved to Vegas, then I could find 8 of them in an hour. I had 3 resident widows in my shop alone.
Sort of depends on neighborhood, thick with widows or thick with southern house spiders.
Brown widows are showing up too.