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Found this dead on my driveway. We live next to woods. The spider’s whole body span is about 2.2 cm long. The body itself is about 0.6 cm long. It is jet black with faint brown stripes on its legs. It has red spots down its back and white stripes as well. Underneath it has a red hourglass. Honestly not sure if it’s a red, brown, or black widow spider.
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- Submitted: Aug 19, 2019
- Photographed: Aug 19, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Just from what I have seen on this site, I think it is a false widow of some kind. Check out the pictures of those and see what you think.
You’re close, right family, Theridiidae. This is a real Widow in genus Latrodectus, not sure of which species. None of the False Widows in USA have red markings that I know of. Other volunteers are better at narrowing it down to species level than I am…
Yeah the body structure doesn’t seem to fit for a false widow. If this helps anyone, I also have a YouTube video of the spider: https://youtu.be/Mq4p6pMB_Os
Ok just joining in on the conversation. New to the cool site.