Buthus, I've found lots of these in the wild around my parents place in southern Spain, and inside (the house) aswell, found both all black specimens
(http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8364/bw3uu7.jpg)
and nicely patterned ones...
So you're now responsible for a wild population of Tred's?
Love these spiders, kept a few, got one at the moment thats growing like crazy, really robust and will eat anything
Surprising stuff thanks for the research! Worth noting there's alot of misconception about L. Tredecimguttatus bites in europe, most travel literature stating that it is only just medically significant and not as dangerous as other foreign latrodectus species
Is there any reliable info regarding differences in venom between latrodectus species, or even subspecies, like m. mexicanus? Or is it all basically the same?
Found in south-eastern Spain, Grenada province, any replies appreciated (bad pics I know)- to my shameful ignorance I'm not 100% sure whether it's a true spider or tarantula, so hopefully someone might be able to help me out (not great shots I know):
thanks in advance
Dead mate? -...
Hi all, awesome photos, hopefully not too off topic but does anyone have any reliable knowledge as to the potency of the bite of tredecimguttatus? A travel book I have suggests it is not too bad and doesnt require medical attention, but others have said otherwise. cheers
This is about as basic a question as possible, here goes anyway:
do latrodectus females need to mate only once to continually produce young? Or several times, or continually?
couldnt find anything elsewhere on the net, unusually; thanks for your time
Hello folks, this is my first post so forgive me if I'm mistaken, but I believe this to be Latrodectus Tredecimguttatus. My brother and I found it on the door of my parents house in south-eastern spain. Despite the lack of any markings, I'm quite confident of the ID as the species listed as...
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