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Latrodectus geometricus, commonly known as the brown widow, [2] [3] brown button spider, grey widow, brown black widow, [3] house button spider or geometric button spider, is one of the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus. As such, it is a 'cousin' to the more infamous Latrodectus mactans (black widow).
Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders with several species that are commonly known as the true widows.This group is composed of those often loosely called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders.
Black widows, once L.A.’s ruling widow, have been pushed out of the urban core by the brown widow over the last 15 years or so, according to Gonzalez. Native black widows are still doing well on ...
If you live in an area where there are black widows, brown widows (the Southwest and South), or brown recluse (most regularly found in Texas, southern Midwest and the Southeast) you should learn ...
Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider, [citation needed] is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat their mates after reproduction.
Brown recluse and black widow spiders are venomous spiders Black widow and brown recluse spiders are "the two types of venomous spiders that are really of medical concern," Gangloff-Kaufmann explains.
L. geometricus (brown button spider) L. rhodesienses (Zimbabwe button spider) L. umbukwane (Phinda button spider) L. geometricus is found in many parts of the world,(including in the United States) and it is known as the brown widow spider. it is unknown where this species' origins are. L. rhodesienses is native to Africa. Both brown button ...
Brown widows are commonly found in Florida, Texas and other southern states. In total, there are around 50 plus species of black widow spiders around the world.