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Hi again, this is the spider from the mail box. Color has somewhat decay after 1 week and RAID spider killer. Is it a better the picture for ID purposes?
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Mar 29, 2018
- Photographed: Mar 22, 2018
- Spider: Latrodectus (Widow Spiders)
- Location: Laredo, Texas, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal, Webs
Help identify this spider
May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025
Estell Manor , 
Hi, this is a Widow. Given the condition it’s in I’m not sure if it’s a dark Brown Widow (L. geometricus) or a Western Black Widow (L. hesperus). Both can have striped legs like that.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/442833/bgimage
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1191698/bgimage
Also for future reference Brown Widows have distinctive spiky egg sacs:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1143026/bgimage
Edit: Leaning Brown Widow, I’d need to spend some more time comparing the two.
It had yellow spots on top of the belly. 2 or 4 cant recall. And it wasnt black like the defenetly black widow of the oyher day. I refer to the photo of the link posted of the yellow dots and stipes. This seem to have had pale yellow dots buy no stripes. Widows are with yellow spots too?
Yes, widows can have spots too … they’re usually red or orange though. Yellow sounds more like a Brown Widow.
Western Black Widow: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1279380/bgimage
Southern Black Widow: https://bugguide.net/node/view/970516
Brown Widow: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1127942/bgimage