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Common Name:
Western Black Widow

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass:
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Opisthothelae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Araneoidea
Family: Theridiidae
Subfamily: Labidognatha
Tribe:
Species:
Latrodectus hesperus

Hodges No:

Location:

Escondido, CA
USA

Date: 10/13/05

Stage:
Sex:
Notes:

Latrodectus hesperus Theridiidae
Western Black Widow
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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