it's a widow, but what kind?

[Tony]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=120OfLb3UW_IYv9pc7BPR1s2zn3nDNQng

sold to me as "mexican black widow"....
idea?
one maled out, so I left him in with one of the others for weeks... and it appears I have a sac?

 

[Liquifin]

@NYAN can help you with widows.

 

[NYAN]

Latrodectus mactans. It may be the Mexican variety, although it is less colored than mine.

 

[Tony]

interesting...they were cheap anyway. The egg sac looks nothing like mactans egg sacs I've seen before though

 

[NYAN]

interesting...they were cheap anyway. The egg sac looks nothing like mactans egg sacs I've seen before though

It looks like it may be bad. The shape seems strange.

 

[Tony]

I bought these thinking they were like the ones you described, but they are rather tame....

 

[NYAN]

I bought these thinking they were like the ones you described, but they are rather tame....

What do you mean?

 

[Tony]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/272538214920257949/

I was hoping for some more exciting coloration, but mine are tame in comparison....

 

[NYAN]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/272538214920257949/

I was hoping for some more exciting coloration, but mine are tame in comparison....

Oh yeah. Do you have a photo of the male? I’m wondering if it’s regular mactans.

 

[Tony]

unfortunately no...he was small though