Originally posted by: aircooled
Edit: your link shows that it may actually be a redback, but other info says only the widow had the hourglass..hmmmOriginally posted by: Electric Amish
Actually, it's a Redback which is a relative of the widow.
maybe a real Widow, maybe a male? (link)SIMILAR GROUPS: (1) All other spiders lack a hourglass-shaped or split hourglass-shaped marking on underside of abdomen and/or comb of serrated bristles on last tarsal segment of 4th pair of legs and 8 eyes with 2 lateral pairs almost touching.
OKOriginally posted by: NitemareTurn him over then take a picture. We want to see it...
Underside hourglass 1
Underside hourglass 2
Originally posted by: aircooled
Edit: your link shows that it may actually be a redback, but other info says only the widow had the hourglass..hmmmOriginally posted by: Electric Amish
Actually, it's a Redback which is a relative of the widow.
maybe a real Widow, maybe a male? (link)SIMILAR GROUPS: (1) All other spiders lack a hourglass-shaped or split hourglass-shaped marking on underside of abdomen and/or comb of serrated bristles on last tarsal segment of 4th pair of legs and 8 eyes with 2 lateral pairs almost touching.
OKOriginally posted by: NitemareTurn him over then take a picture. We want to see it...
Underside hourglass 1
Underside hourglass 2
Originally posted by: aircooled
Edit:Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Actually, it's a Redback which is a relative of the widow.
Must be a real Widow, maybe a male? (link)SIMILAR GROUPS: (1) All other spiders lack a hourglass-shaped or split hourglass-shaped marking on underside of abdomen and/or comb of serrated bristles on last tarsal segment of 4th pair of legs and 8 eyes with 2 lateral pairs almost touching.
OKOriginally posted by: NitemareTurn him over then take a picture. We want to see it...
Underside hourglass 1
Underside hourglass 2
Originally posted by: aircooled
Edit: your link shows that it may actually be a redback, but other info says only the widow had the hourglass..hmmmOriginally posted by: Electric Amish
Actually, it's a Redback which is a relative of the widow.
Maybe a real Widow, maybe a male? (link)SIMILAR GROUPS: (1) All other spiders lack a hourglass-shaped or split hourglass-shaped marking on underside of abdomen and/or comb of serrated bristles on last tarsal segment of 4th pair of legs and 8 eyes with 2 lateral pairs almost touching.
OKOriginally posted by: NitemareTurn him over then take a picture. We want to see it...
Underside hourglass 1
Underside hourglass 2
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: rh71
OOh it has a racing stripe. Poke it and see how fast it moves.
Nah he should slap on some ricer stickers onto it's stripe, gives it easily another 2MPH!!!!
Spider sex pwnz j00!Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Actually, it's a Redback which is a relative of the widow.
"Male Redback Spiders do not produce a web, but may be found on the fringe of a female's web, especially during the summer mating season. The male has to make overtures to the female to discover whether she is ready to mate, which can prove fatal if she mistakes him for prey. It has been found that in order to occupy the female's attention during mating, the male spider offers her his abdomen by standing on his head and 'somersaulting' his abdomen towards her mouthparts. The female begins to squirt digestive juices onto the male's abdomen while the first palp is inserted. If he is not too weak, he will manage to withdraw, and then insert the second palp. She will continue to 'digest' his abdomen. Most males do not survive this process, which seems to be unique to Latrodectus hasselti. "
What a way to go
Originally posted by: her209
im glad i don't live in an area where the brown recluse is common