Species
Latrodectus hesperus (Western black widow)
Latrodectus hesperus. Photo: (c) Marshal Hedin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female’s body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This “hourglass” mark can be yellow, and on rare occasions, white. The male of the species is around half this length and generally a tan color with lighter striping on the abdomen….
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Order: Araneae (Spiders)
- Suborder: Araneomorphae (Typical spiders)
- Infraorder: Entelegynae (Entelegyne spiders)
- Superfamily: Araneoidea (Araneoid spiders)
- Family: Theridiidae (Cobweb spiders)
- Genus: Latrodectus (Widow spiders)
- Species: Latrodectus hesperus (Western black widow)
- Genus: Latrodectus (Widow spiders)
- Family: Theridiidae (Cobweb spiders)
- Superfamily: Araneoidea (Araneoid spiders)
- Infraorder: Entelegynae (Entelegyne spiders)
- Suborder: Araneomorphae (Typical spiders)
- Order: Araneae (Spiders)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)



















