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- Submitted: Dec 16, 2018
- Photographed: Dec 31, 2018
- Spider: Latrodectus (Widow Spiders)
- Location: Rajkot, India
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Latrodectus
(Widow Spiders)
Picture ID 50316
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Apr 23, 2020 - Photographed
Apr 23, 2020 
Male
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Belews Creek, 
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- Submitted Jul 28, 2023
- Photographed Jul 12, 2023
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- Submitted Apr 23, 2020
- Photographed Apr 23, 2020
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- Submitted Nov 24, 2023
- Photographed Nov 24, 2023
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Hi, this looks like a Red-back Spider (Latrodectus hasselti). Somewhat tentatively though because Latrodectus erythromelas is another I see listed for India and I don’t know what that looks like. It may or may not be similar…
I found a possible image of L. erythromelas. It is described as being smaller than L. hasselti with a wider and relatively shorter red stripe on the abdomen and lacking the hourglass on the ventral edit: which may only be the case on preserved specimens (still reading up on these). https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/download/2380/3428/6213
I am thinking your spider might be L. erythromelas based on the shape of the red stripe compared to the examples I see of the two species.