Comments & ID Thoughts
Is this a redback spider?
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- Submitted: Jul 29, 2018
- Photographed: Jul 29, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Ogden, Utah, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
It might be a western black widow. Redbacks are in Australia. They are closely related but separated by ocean (for now). The Latrodectus genus spiders have markings that vary with age, species, and gender. Nice photo, by the way.