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View larger version (60K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. The black widow spider, of the genus latrodectus, is found predominantly in the southern and western United States but inhabits every state except Alaska. The mature female has a leg span of up to 5 cm (including the body) and a body length of 1.5 cm. The female Latrodectus mactans has a shiny black coloration with a red marking on the abdomen that resembles an hourglass. The nonvenomous male is half the size of the female and is brown. L. mactans forms an irregular, untidy, three-dimensional web to trap and envenomate its prey. These shy spiders are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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