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Red dots on back and red hourglass on belly. Not the normal widow I’ve seen.
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- Submitted: Feb 18, 2020
- Photographed: Feb 18, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Holly Ridge, North Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
She looks like Latrodectus mactans. You also have L. variolus in North Carolina. A way to tell them apart is the second spot from the head. If it is longer than wide (roughly) it is more likely to be L.mactans. Black Widow appearance also varies by gender and age. The base color and reddish markings get darker and the white fades. Males grow slower and retain the white markings longer into life than the females. I’ll add a link to this… https://bugguide.net/node/view/1999
Black widow