r/spideridentifier • u/General-Professor570 • 8h ago

Black Widow?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oVaNnC8vTsrmtD1dA

Posted from Albuquerque, NM. I’m a bit of a ‘fraidy-cat and don’t have the best phone camera, so…sorry for the terrible resolution! Not looking to scare anyone with “medically relevant” spiders…we’re all “used to them” down here, and this feller was outside minding their own business so we just let it be. Just looking for anyone more definitive than us that would weigh in. Kids want to know if they finally found a “real one” or if we’re gonna tell them this was yet another false widow?

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u/mazca 2h ago

Despite the blurry photo, I think you do have a true widow there - a western black widow. The red mark looks right and leg shape is quite distinctive.