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Widow Spider - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactrodectus
Information from Wikipedia on these spiders in the genus Latrodectus, renowned for their venom. |
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Latrodectus mactans - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Latrodectus_mactans.html
An article about the black widow spider from Animal Diversity Web. |
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Latrodectus mactans: Black Widow Spider - http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider_black_widow.htm
Information and several photographs of this spider, so named because the female usually eats the male after mating. |
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Lactrodectus mactans: Black Widow Spider - http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/blackwidow.htm
Photographs of this spider and information on its habitat, life cycle, description and bite. |
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Latrodectus: Button Spiders, Widow Spiders - http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/spiders/theridiidae/latrodectus.htm
Photographs and information on South African species in this genus. |