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Latrodectus geometricus
(Brown Widow Spider)

Picture ID 193068

Picture of Latrodectus geometricus (Brown Widow Spider)

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I would like to know what kind of spider this is. So far I found 2 in my shed this week. This one is dead. Is it poisioness.

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Nod

This is a widow spider.in the genus Latrodectus. I think it is a brown widow but I don’t know enough to be sure it’s not a juvenile western black widow.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/133968/bgimage

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BugmanDan

They are considered medically significant, but not as bad as the western black widow.

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