Latrodectus geometricus: Taxonomy | Photographs
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Latrodectus geometricus - This female brown widow, like some of the others shown on this site, was found inside Josh's recycle bin. The spider was placed was placed directly on the scanner after it died to get this dorsal view and the ventral view in the image below.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is a ventral view of the same spider in the above image. Note the easily recognizable orange hourglass near the spinnerets.
Latrodectus geometricus - A female brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus) investigates the catch-of-the-day: an unlucky, young southern toad (Bufo terrestris).
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same female brown widow and southern toad as in the above photo.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same female brown widow and southern toad as in the above photos.
Latrodectus geometricus - Josh found this female and several other brown widows of various sizes, including one small male, inside his recycle bin when he was about to take it to the street.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same female spider as in the above photo.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same female spider as in the above photo. Here, you can see the orange hourglass on the underside of her abdomen.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same female spider as in the above photo.
Latrodectus geometricus - This juvenile female brown widow has many more patterns on her abdomen than the larger adult.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same female spider as in the above photo.
Latrodectus geometricus - This male brown widow was found wandering around on and near the larger, darker female's web.
Latrodectus geometricus - These are brown widow egg sacs clustered together on the outside of the same recycle bin. There were 8 of these hidden in this small space along with an adult female brown widow that although not in the above photos, looked nearly identical to the adult female shown further above.
Latrodectus geometricus - This juvenile female brown widow took refuge underneath the cocoon of an eastern tent cateripillar (Malacosoma americanum) during a storm.
Latrodectus geometricus - This female brown widow, hanging by a tiny strand of silk between a cable TV cable and wall, was found a few feet above the brown widow in the above photo.
Latrodectus geometricus - This female brown widow, captured a paper wasp in its web and made a meal of it.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same brown widow as in the above photo.
Latrodectus geometricus - This female, conceiled within her silken enclosure beneath a plastic patio chair, is monitoring her eggsac.
Latrodectus geometricus - The same spider tucked herself into a corner to protect herself while her protective silk was peeled back. Note how pale her abdomen compares to the females shown in the other photos.
Latrodectus geometricus - This is the same spider as in the above photo.
Latrodectus geometricus - (adult female)