Latrodectus mactans
(Southern Black Widow)

Picture ID 27519

Comments & ID Thoughts

Not sure what this is. Was crawling up the wall in the bedroom. If anyone can ID that would be great. Thanks.

Submitted by:
drgnflie
Submitted: Jul 29, 2018
Photographed: Jul 29, 2018
Spider: Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow)
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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Kathi_M

October 18, 2018 9:20 pm

Found one of these crawling on my floor. Would sure like to know if it’s a widow before it becomes a dead spider.

TangledWeb

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Reply to Kathi_M

January 12, 2019 11:50 pm

I hope the spider survived. It is an orbweaver, possibly Nephila clavipes.

Drgnflie

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Reply to TangledWeb

January 13, 2019 9:49 am

Survived! We always take them outside. We are spider lovers.

TangledWeb

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January 13, 2019 10:08 am

Awesome! Sorry it did turn out to be a widow type of spider after all! The good news is that false widow types of widows (yes that sounds illogical, that’s the problem with common names) – anyhow false widows kill black widows and ticks and other things we don’t want around the house.