Latrodectus tredecimguttatus
(European Black Widow)

Featured spider picture The spider species Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, commonly known as European Black Widow, belongs to the genus Latrodectus, in the family Theridiidae. Latrodectus tredecimguttatus spiders have been sighted 3 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Latrodectus tredecimguttatus includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Latrodectus tredecimguttatus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Latrodectus
Species: Latrodectus tredecimguttatus

Other Common Names

European Black Widow

Author

(Rossi, 1790)

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 3 confirmed sightings of Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (European Black Widow), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 14, 2018 by Spider ID member yasin42. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 3 sightings because of certain Latrodectus tredecimguttatus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 33% of the time, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 3)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Latrodectus tredecimguttatus has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (2).