Comments & ID Thoughts
My initial guess is a younger female Latrodectus hesperus as I live in the Mojave Desert.
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- Submitted: Sep 20, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 19, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Yup, Western Black Widow would be my guess, too.
Classic black widow. See the red hour glass? Dead give away.
Yes dead giveaway. It just asked me for my initial ID. I’m not an entomologist lol