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feeder insects aren't as easy to get here (the place crickets like are very far away from me) plus this scorpion was very easy to catch compared to other feeders and invaded my property so it was fair game to become widow food. And they're ridiculously common too.

Nice feeding! Here's one of my Hesperus' finishing up on a Bark Scorpion. The strange thing is, she continued to eat the scorpion for nearly two days, which is quite odd. Maybe it was very tasty?

Even so all of the ones I've cared for don't always go after the things caught in their web. For instance, if I introduced a black widow (adult female grown) into a web of theirs I have a feeling it would either run, or die. Haven't tried, but based on the ones out here, I feel that's what'd...

I like caring for these guys because they look funny when they wrap up other insects. The only annoying thing about housing them is they'er so fragile you have to give them equally fragile prey. I only ever fed them flies. Also, I have never once seen these guys kill any black widows, dunno why...

Oh yeah, definitely. This is by far the strangest widow I've caught so far. I can tell they're both juveniles due to them being smaller than an adult female I have. And they're both exactly the same size, so likely the same "instar".

How do you think she survived in your room for two weeks? :D

Have not had them from birth, no. But you're right about mature females being black and immature ones not. But I believe that is what generally happens, not something that happens 100% of the time. You have outliers that look wacky/bizarre such as that female up there. And the interesting thing...

Nah, I can assure you they are both juvenile females. In fact, #2's original web had an ACTUAL male in it with it, so it for sure is not male. I believe they have one or two molts until adulthood.

Some things to note: - Both spiders are exactly the same size (or instar, if that term can be applied to spiders) - Both of them were found less than a foot apart from each other outside - Both are fed at the same time. - Both are Latrodectus Hesperus (at least, 99.9% likely that they are.) -...

Ah, I'm not well versed in the jumpers unfortunately! However, I've kept spiders as pets for years now (I caught black widows when I was like, 8 or so?) I'm not sure how Jumpers like their food or if they spin webs (I don't think they do) but I've observed them in the wild on bushes and...

From what I've learned through research and my own findings here where I live, it seems as if both of these species prey on each other depending on circumstance. If the scorpion falls into the web of a widow, it's guaranteed game over (and the way in which a widow envelops them is quite...

It still looks really funky. Also, I've had weird looking adults.

I hate unpredictable insects that can fly because I tend to get startled easily. See, spiders and scorpions no matter how venomous aren't a big issue for me since they're very predictable (especially black widows, sometimes I play with their webs to get them to think I'm prey so they come out of...

Here's two juveniles I have, both are Hesperus (at least I'm 99% sure) #1 - With her food. This specific one looks quite normal. #2 - Recently acquired this one. Her legs look exactly like a Brown Widow's but I'm still fairly positive she's a Hesperus. Kind of strange how they look so...

Yep, Steatoda Grossa for sure. Or False Black Widows.

Are you sure it's that one specifically? I have upon many occasions seen this type of scorpion get eaten by Black Widows out here, so they're quite small. Are Black Widows known to prey on Arizona Bark Scorpions?

Is L. Hesperus the only species that can survive out here? Or is it simply due to there not being any spiders introduced here? Say for example I put an egg sac of each Latrodectus and have them all hatch in different places along Vegas - would they all die out to the Hesperus' or would some be...

I don't think there are any Geos here, but I have seen some that looked nearly identical - like, to the brim identical. Makes you wonder how some Hesperus' can bear really wacky patterns for no reason instead of looking like a normal Black Widow.

I think it's a Yellow Ground Scorpion... but I always find them on the walls, not on the ground. And they're not very big either, I think the biggest I've seen of these was two inches at maximum

Is Hesperus the only subspecies that can appear here? And yes, I caught it on my balcony when it was a ling.