Latrodectus mactans
(Southern Black Widow)

Picture ID 202443

Comments & ID Thoughts

Looks poisonous to me.

Submitted by:
d33man
Submitted: Nov 22, 2024
Photographed: Nov 22, 2024
Spider: Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow)
Location: Bay St Louis , Mississippi, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
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BugmanDan

November 22, 2024 9:32 pm

There are no poisonous spiders, but your little friend produces venom that is considered medically significant.
This is a southern black widow, female.

TangledWeb

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Reply to BugmanDan

November 23, 2024 4:43 am

The brown thing near the top right is interesting. I wonder if she killed some kind of caterpillar.

TangledWeb

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Reply to TangledWeb

November 23, 2024 4:49 am

This is our site’s first photo of a Widow submitted from Mississippi!

D33man

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Reply to TangledWeb

November 23, 2024 8:24 am

I dunno. It was 42°F that morning so, everyone was moving pretty slowly.

D33man

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Reply to D33man

November 23, 2024 8:27 am

It reminds me of the worms in Dune though. And it’s a beautiful spider, isn’t it?

BugmanDan

Reply to TangledWeb

November 23, 2024 9:53 am

Might be a case moth larvae.

Nod

Reply to TangledWeb

November 24, 2024 1:06 am

I think it is a butterfly chrysalis…I don’t know which butterfly…this one is a similar shape…..but most pictures of it have a white band….maybe something related
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186710141