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Northern Black Widow

Latrodectus variolus

6,471 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 37, February 40, March 43, April 71, May 97, June 63, July 37, August 36, September 43, October 40, November 33, December 34.
United States3,708
Virginia550
Maryland410
Missouri355
Canada318
Ontario283
Kentucky253
North Carolina210
New York206
West Virginia196

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyComb-footed Spiders · Theridiidae
GenusWidow Spiders · Latrodectus

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