Brown widow pictures with her egg sack

[tma]

This one on my porch under plastic patio chair.
Ventral view:

Dorsal view:

thomas

 

[Brian S]

Nice pic. I have never seen a brown widow except in pictures. I used to keep black widows years ago.

 

[Stormcrow]

Beautiful widow species as most are. Thanks for sharing the pics, love the idea of two eggsacs bursting with 'lings to parachute where ever the wind carries'em.

 

[jsloan]

Nice pictures. Are these spiders common in your area?

 

[tma]

Thanks for the comments

Nice pictures. Are these spiders common in your area?

There seem to be many of them around, some years more than others though. Also a few southern black widows, mostly found inside the water mains(under the cover).

BTW John, Your jumping spider picture is amazing
We have many here but different coloration (mostly black and some white).
That will be my next photo quest.

Here's one I found on the web that most resembles the ones we have.
http://www.troyb.com/photo/gallery/new_00012681.htm

thomas

 

[jsloan]

BTW John, Your jumping spider picture is amazing
We have many here but different coloration (mostly black and some white).
That will be my next photo quest.

Here's one I found on the web that most resembles the ones we have.
http://www.troyb.com/photo/gallery/new_00012681.htm

thomas

Thanks. Do I detect some orange on the palps? If you're interested in the Phidippus genus - and who isn't, since these are the largest of the jumping spiders, with many colorful species! - I'd like to recommend a recent publication by G. B. Edwards, "Revision of the Jumping Spider of the Genus Phidippus." It is a guide to every currently known species of Phidippus in North America, with pictures, diagrams of body colorations, palp and epigynum drawings for each species, distribution maps, and more. I just got my copy a couple of weeks ago, and I'm amazed at the variety within this group (60 species!).

Here's a link that tells more about it:

http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Getting back to black widows, there are none in NW Alberta where I live, but the Western widow (L. hesperus) is found in the southern parts of the province. I'll have to take a trip down there and collect a few before the season is over.

Thanks again for the pictures.