Latrodectus mactans
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Latrodectus mactans - venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen

black widow

spider - predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

genus Latrodectus, Latrodectus - venomous spiders

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Latrodectus mactans (redirected from Black widow spider)

Latrodectus mactans
(redirected from Black widow spider)