Latrodectus (Theridiidae) Picture Thread

[buthus]

Awesome pics Pulk. That one is special ...I think I have a male for her. ...infact just saved his arse from eventual doom. Ill put him outside and try and keep him alive longer. Talk to me sometime this coming week if you want to try and mate her.


Speaking of longing for lovin ...this girl needs a boyfriend and soon.

 

[Sniper]

L. mactans mactans (red)

L. mactans mexicanus (juv. female)

...and an adult male:

...near the target

 

[Salticstance]

Red and Brown

I took the image of the L. bishopi with egg sac in a scrub oak habitat.
I captured this geo because of its very light color. I'm partial toward the lighter colored browns.

 

[Sniper]

mexi

Hi all!

Subadult (or maybe adult) female L. mactans mexicanus)

...one molt "younger" sister:

 

[What]

Some of my latest photos:

L. variolus -




L. hesperus -




Pictures link to larger.

 

[Salticstance]

Dark L. geometricus

Here are some pics of a dark brown that I had for about two years. As with the one that I currently have, I never bred her with a male. The females seem to live longer this way, and I don't have to deal with releasing the spiderlings.

 

[hauser]

L. indistinctus

L. indistinctus from Namibia

 

[hauser]

L. hasselti

 

[hauser]

L. indistinctus

 

[buthus]

Hauser, thrilled to see the S.Africans!
Theres a few species down that way that can look more than fairly alike (from what I have been told).
Would love to learn more regarding visual ID facts. ...esp considering you showed us an immature female! (probably a great place to start with ID clues)

Oh.. habitat, structural preferences (in the wild), web structure, type of prey carcasses found in webs..etc ...If you have such info and the time.

 

[hauser]

L.indistinctus

@buthus: the last one is an young female, abdomen ~0.1 inch diameter. adult is two posts up.
typical to id l.indistictus is the lack of the hourglass and a red stripe or dot at the end of the abdomen. they live near ground, (under stones, wood, in little caves...), i've never seen them climbing alot. no idea about prey in wildlife. i've never been to southern africa. an adult, gravid female was brought to me from namibia. i feed crickets. they like it hot and dry (>85°F/30%).

some habitat pictures:
http://tolweb.org/Latrodectus_indistinctus/93809
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/spiders/theridiidae/latrodectus_indistinctus.htm

more of my l.indistinctus pics:
http://scorpions.f1.to/?g=97_Latrodectus_indistinctus

 

[buthus]

@buthus: the last one is an young female, abdomen ~0.1 inch diameter. adult is two posts up.
typical to id l.indistictus is the lack of the hourglass and a red stripe or dot at the end of the abdomen. they live near ground, (under stones, wood, in little caves...), i've never seen them climbing alot. no idea about prey in wildlife. i've never been to southern africa. an adult, gravid female was brought to me from namibia. i feed crickets. they like it hot and dry (>85°F/30%).

some habitat pictures:
http://tolweb.org/Latrodectus_indistinctus/93809
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/spiders/theridiidae/latrodectus_indistinctus.htm

more of my l.indistinctus pics:
http://scorpions.f1.to/?g=97_Latrodectus_indistinctus

From what I understand, except for the 2 brown clads, all the Southern African species lack visible hr glasses? And all the black clads at the very least retain some dorsal line with indistinctus being the most minimal. ?

Anyway ...cool stuff! For some time now Ive been trying to get a bud of mine down there to just go out and find me some karrooensis and rhodesiensis sacs. ..IMHO 2 of the latro holy grails.
Hard to get non-bug people to do bug things ...esp "scary" bug things! :wall:
Hauser, thanks for sharing

 

[Pulk]

large hesp male








cool subadult female pattern




large adult female in the hole, male below, caught a decent sized polymorpha!




more adults

 

[buthus]

Pulk, great pics!

Latrodectus "Alicia sp."
Latrodectus variegatus??

Ha! She tagged me! She dropped and rolled from the enclosure to my puter desk. I placed my had out for her to climb onto and as soon as she touched my fingertip, instead of climbing on, she latched on and bit in. Felt a prick but didnt seem like she was able to dig in enough. Fingertip itches a little, but no sign of the bite. :clap: Im full of scotch, nothing can hurt me now! ...:?

 

[spiders4life]

The entire genus Latrodectus is illegal to keep in Denmark:wall: But here are my little girl staying with my cousin i Sweden:

Latrodectus hasselti

Regards Mikael

 

[Sniper]

Hi all!

Sorry for "half" off...

Any info or pics about Latrodectus sp "marokko"?! My friend (google) can't find

Thanks

 

[ninja250]

here is one that i caught

 

[AgentofKa]

Hello everyone. This thread has been quite informative. There is one question that I have though. Today, I went collecting in my backyard and happened upon was I thought was a geo. It is tan with off white colored diamonds going down its abdomen. I found it in the grass next to my shed. It rolled into a ball after I caught it (I have this little toy bug vacuum that I bought my nephew and I use it more than he does, lol) and I have heard that this is a defense mechanism of widows. I believed it to be dead. I noticed that its abdomen didn't have a marking, at least a prominent one that I could discern a pattern from. So, is this even a Lactrodectus? Or perhaps is it some other genus that I may be confusing with Widows?

I'd have a pic, but my camera is terribly crappy at actually taking pictures. :wall:

 

[Pulk]

Hello everyone. This thread has been quite informative. There is one question that I have though. Today, I went collecting in my backyard and happened upon was I thought was a geo. It is tan with off white colored diamonds going down its abdomen. I found it in the grass next to my shed. It rolled into a ball after I caught it (I have this little toy bug vacuum that I bought my nephew and I use it more than he does, lol) and I have heard that this is a defense mechanism of widows. I believed it to be dead. I noticed that its abdomen didn't have a marking, at least a prominent one that I could discern a pattern from. So, is this even a Lactrodectus? Or perhaps is it some other genus that I may be confusing with Widows?

I'd have a pic, but my camera is terribly crappy at actually taking pictures. :wall:

sounds like it might be Tidarren sp.

 

[loxoscelesfear]

la ma

found this behind a gas station in Ga. we dont see em' much up north so I snagged it up out of a trash pile.