Comments & ID Thoughts
Looks like a black widow, but the marking are not the traditional hourglass shape. Can anyone confirm what this is?
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- Submitted: Nov 21, 2018
- Photographed: Nov 21, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Seminole, Texas, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
It was found in an office after moving some thing things around. It was sitting on the doorframe
Looks like the Katipo, the New Zealand version of the black widow. Latrodectus katipo, female
This spider is very likely a black widow, possibly a western black widow, though markings on species vary widely.