Help ID-ing a Black Widow

[Wayne Guillot]

Hey Guys was wondering if y'all could help me find the species on this black widow I managed to catch I'm not sure what species it is. Was caught in Baton Rouge area of Louisiana if that helps identify it. Pictures included, suckie thing is I can get great picture. But the red strip down it's back is the only other main feature besides the red hour glass underneath it's abdomen.

 

[viper69]

View attachment 381255 View attachment 381256 Hey Guys was wondering if y'all could help me find the species on this black widow I managed to catch I'm not sure what species it is. Was caught in Baton Rouge area of Louisiana if that helps identify it. Pictures included, suckie thing is I can get great picture. But the red strip down it's back is the only other main feature besides the red hour glass underneath it's abdomen.

Most states have a listing of their native animals.

 

[XLNT]

If it's Louisiana, L. mactans is 99% likely. The one percent is to allow for a stray import

 

[Ferrachi]

That looks like a L. mactans to me...

 

[Matts inverts]

Latrodectus mactans. Southern black widow

 

[Ferrachi]

View attachment 381255 View attachment 381256 Hey Guys was wondering if y'all could help me find the species on this black widow I managed to catch I'm not sure what species it is. Was caught in Baton Rouge area of Louisiana if that helps identify it. Pictures included, suckie thing is I can get great picture. But the red strip down it's back is the only other main feature besides the red hour glass underneath it's abdomen.

Is this your first Latrodectus sp. ?

 

[Wayne Guillot]

Is this your first Latrodectus sp. ?

Yes this is my first Latrodectus. Anything I should know?

 

[Ferrachi]

Yes this is my first Latrodectus. Anything I should know?

Naw... very low maintenance and you'll end up with more. They become very addictive

 

[The Snark]

Anything I should know?

you'll end up with more

And as in good chances she will be making egg sacks. So you want a containment where you can remove the sacs witthout unduly disturbing mom - who can be very good at hiding them. Or resign yourself to contending with a couple hundred escape artist itty bitty babies.

 

[Ferrachi]

And as in good chances she will be making egg sacks. So you want a containment where you can remove the sacs witthout unduly disturbing mom - who can be very good at hiding them. Or resign yourself to contending with a couple hundred escape artist itty bitty babies.

I forgot about that... Yeah, be prepared for the egg sacs and a little trick I learned to remove the egg sac. Drop a prey in the opposite side where the egg sac is and when she leaves that area to kill the prey, you can carefully remove the egg sac.

 

[The Snark]

Drop a prey in the opposite side where the egg sac is and when she leaves that area to kill the prey, you can carefully remove the egg sac.

If you can pull this off every time without trashing mom's web you might be a good candidate for a career in brain surgery. Watch out for those sticky lines!

 

[Ferrachi]

If you can pull this off every time without trashing mom's web you might be a good candidate for a career in brain surgery. Watch out for those sticky lines!

Too late for me to be a brain surgeon...