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  2. Latrodectus mactans - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Latrodectus - Wikipedia

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    Elsewhere, others include the European black widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus), the Australian redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) and the closely related New Zealand katipō (Latrodectus katipo), several different species in Southern Africa that can be called button spiders, and the South American black-widow spiders (Latrodectus ...

  4. Latrodectus indistinctus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus indistinctus is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae, found in Namibia and South Africa. [1] It is one of six species of Latrodectus found in southern Africa, four of which, including L. indistinctus, are known as black button or black widow spiders.

  5. Redback spider - Wikipedia

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    The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), also known as the Australian black widow, [2] [3] [4] is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in Australia but now, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, it has also been found in packing crates in the United States with colonies elsewhere outside Australia. [5]

  6. As more black widow spiders start to appear, here’s how to ...

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    The black widow spider usually hangs in its web in an upside down position. “If you happen to be messing around in an old shed somewhere and you put your hand somewhere and you touch some silk ...

  7. Latrodectus mirabilis - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus mirabilis, sometimes (but rarely) known as black widow is a spider species that is native to most of South America in the genus Latrodectus of the family Theridiidae. Description [ edit ]

  8. Latrodectus hesperus - Wikipedia

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    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 (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be red, yellow, and on rare occasions, white.

  9. Latrodectus tredecimguttatus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, also known as the Mediterranean black widow [2] or the European black widow, [3] is a species in the genus Latrodectus of the widow spiders. It is commonly found throughout the Mediterranean region , ranging from southern Iberia to southwest and central Asia, hence the name.