Latrodectus hesperus
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latrodectus-hesperus-218-2240656
title:
Latrodectus hesperus
text:
Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be yellow, and on rare occasions, white. The male of the species is around half this length and generally a tan color with lighter striping on the abdomen. The population was previously described as a subspecies of
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Species of spider
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus_hesperus
date created:
2006-06-12T16:31:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T08:15:38Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16