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southern black widow

Latrodectus mactans

Classification

Order
Araneae

Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider, 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. The species is native to North America.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 4,356Mexico · 227Cuba · 2