Latrodectus (Theridiidae) Picture Thread

[Pulk]

Nice! There aren't too many good pics of slings.

 

[Canth]

Thanks Jacob

Brightened and cropped a little differently

 

[Canth]

Latrodectus revivensis on 1/4" mesh

I've been really bored lately

L. bishopi sling

L. hesperus subspecies guarding a sac

 

[Kryshah]

Wow, this thread is intense. I've been a Latrodectus fan for years, won some cash last year with a poster contest displayin different species of Latros in North America even, but couldn't have imagined this. Great pics guys! Makes me wish my wife wasn't overbearingly arachniphobic.

 

[Pulk]

Wow, this thread is intense. I've been a Latrodectus fan for years, won some cash last year with a poster contest displayin different species of Latros in North America even, but couldn't have imagined this. Great pics guys! Makes me wish my wife wasn't overbearingly arachniphobic.

do you have a pic of the poster?

 

[Pulk]

 

[Kryshah]

do you have a pic of the poster?

I do somewhere, it'll take some searching though, I have it buried in my laptop somewhere. Not a great pic though, had to take it after the show, when everything was torn down. I'll pop it in here when I can though.

On an off note, does anyone have advice on getting an extreme arachniphobe to bend to the idea of keeping some L. mactans around?:wall:

 

[KUJordan]

I do somewhere, it'll take some searching though, I have it buried in my laptop somewhere. Not a great pic though, had to take it after the show, when everything was torn down. I'll pop it in here when I can though.

On an off note, does anyone have advice on getting an extreme arachniphobe to bend to the idea of keeping some L. mactans around?:wall:

Yeah, tell them that they're probably living all around anyway. It's better to have a few that you know of their exact location (in a container) than roaming freely around your home and yard, garage, woodpiles, sheds, and toilets and not knowing where they are. That usually does the trick.

 

[Kryshah]

Yeah, tell them that they're probably living all around anyway. It's better to have a few that you know of their exact location (in a container) than roaming freely around your home and yard, garage, woodpiles, sheds, and toilets and not knowing where they are. That usually does the trick.

I actually tried that... my wife is nuts though. She's ok with anything thats out of sight and out of mind. But once theirs a concentrated population that she has to see, she gets upset. I even have to put a lock on my ball python enclosure. I wonder sometimes why I married her.... but thanks for the advice KUJ!

 

[KUJordan]

I actually tried that... my wife is nuts though. She's ok with anything thats out of sight and out of mind. But once theirs a concentrated population that she has to see, she gets upset. I even have to put a lock on my ball python enclosure. I wonder sometimes why I married her.... but thanks for the advice KUJ!

OK, well then just threaten to divorce her if she doesn't let you have some.

 

[froggyman]

what is the northern most extent of L.bishopi in the us??

 

[8+)]

They are only found in three scrub palmetto habitats in central Florida.

 

[buthus]

I would have to guess that there has been at least a few attempts to escape Florida but they fall very tightly into a specific niche. One of the most interesting widows because of that.

Here is a little photo shoot of a spider that I was very fond of...

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grrrrrrrrr!

grr...

GRRRRRR!!

grrrr!..rar...rar..rarrrrr! munch munch

grrrrrrrrr!! munch

GRRRRRRRRRR!

grrrr... (wimper, but with feeling of satisfaction)

 

[Pulk]

i have a hesp exactly like that, except it's less brown. do you want any of her sacs?

 

[buthus]

i have a hesp exactly like that, except it's less brown. do you want any of her sacs?

Pulk, I sent u a pm regarding this...but also about the traps.

 

[Stylopidae]

You know...I hate to post right after Buthus, but bite me

Taken through round plastic.

Not the best pic...but what they hell, here it goes:

 

[froggyman]

what species is that chesire??

 

[buthus]

Assuming thats a US specie.. sub-adult variolus? though the dorsal line/dots are far more slim than any of mine were. Probably a mac eh? or some pretty S.American I would immediately desire.

Cheshire, you come across variolus in your immediate area?

 

[What]

Looks like my L. variolus....




Pics link to larger.

 

[buthus]

Looks like my L. variolus....

Damn...total brainfart...whats the term for the U shaped mark top, front of a spiders abdomen? Anyway...jeese... Maybe "herringbone" anyway...his spider has a red one. Now if that spider is an adult...this would really irk me along with the dorsal line outline ...would maybe guess something like katipo or a redback proper mutant version.