Widow Specialists, please help ID

[Stefan2209]

Hi all,

i had a little discussion this week with a fellow hobbyist from switzerland, regarding the id of the below pictured Latrodectus.

As i´m more into ctenids, i don´t have any clue, which species this could be. The spider originated from Venezuela if that is of any help.

Thanks for any help!

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[Christoph]

Hi Stefan,
My guess is Latrodectus curacaviensis.
Very nice spider!!:worship:

 

[Stefan2209]

Hi Stefan,
My guess is Latrodectus curacaviensis.
Very nice spider!!:worship:

Hi Christoph,

yeah, we guessed the same, but couldn´t rule out L. corallinus by colour (by locality that´s another matter....).

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[Christoph]

Hi,
Colour is a very bad method to id (widow) spiders.
They are so much widows I've never seen.
But your right by colour it could be L. corallinus ;-)