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Latrodectus hesperus

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Latrodectus hesperus

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Also known as western black widow spider, western black widow

species of arachnid

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 30 inbound references to Latrodectus hesperus, and connects out to pedipalp, Canada and Animalia.

It sits within the topics Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands, Fauna of the Northwestern United States and Fauna of the Southwestern United States.

Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheridiidae
Observations recorded18,330

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,736
With media
43
Family
Theridiidae
Collections
DMNS, UAM, UTEP
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Latrodectus
Image
Black Widow making web.jpeg
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Latrodectus hesperus
Commons category
Latrodectus hesperus
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Latrodectus hesperus
taxon common name
Western Black Widow
invasive to
Netherlands
taxon range
Texas
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Gallery (3)

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