Vir diegene Californians lees, veral dié in die Suid-, hou 'n oog uit vir hierdie pragtige klein spinnekop, Latrodectus geometricus – die bruin weduwee. Araknoloë aan UC Riverside hou die verspreiding van hierdie indringerspesie dop. Ironies genoeg is dit blyk te wees nie so gevaarlik soos ons inheemse swart weduwee. Nietemin, dit is nie van 'rond hierdie hier dele nie (moet in u beste suidelike twang gesê word). As u 'n monster kry, veral as u nie in die provinsies LA / Orange / SD is nie, jy behoort Kontak die span by UCR.
Interesting. This is the first I’ve heard of this. I’ll clue my SD friends into it. At first glance I thought it was an immature black widow, as the patterns on their abdomens are exceedingly variable and highly decorative. So the above is the typical pattern?
There are a few more images on the website, but it looks like they can be less boldly marked. I’m not sure what the most typical pattern would be…