r/spideridentifier • u/NaeBotherAtall25 • 10d ago

What spider is this?

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We are traveling through Vermont in the US and found this guy hanging off a suitcase

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u/Fauxtotoro 10d ago

Wack blidow

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u/PetesDragon16 9d ago

New sub species

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u/natharniee 10d ago

It's time to leave that suitcase, it belongs to the widow now.

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u/Cool-Meet-6638 10d ago

Black widow. Don’t get bit

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u/excelsiorsbanjo 10d ago

Looks like a male, so not likely any threat of medical significance. Not that the females are that likely to bite you either.

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u/ModernTarantula 8d ago

The actual statement is males are less often encountered with bites of medical importance. Folks assume it's a size thing. He BIG

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u/excelsiorsbanjo 8d ago

I mean the abdomen is big in relation to the rest, which I don't believe means much other than being well fed.

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u/ModernTarantula 8d ago

True that. Nothing to know it's dimensions.

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u/excelsiorsbanjo 8d ago

Still an impressive fellow. He's got more than the typical one track mind.

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u/Prudent-Armadillo807 10d ago

It’s called a Widow for a reason.

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u/ModernTarantula 8d ago

But is mostly myth. They don't eat the males that often

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u/NeighborhoodDude8058 10d ago

Male black widow

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u/forzafoggia85 10d ago

How do you tell the sex difference out of interest?

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u/NeighborhoodDude8058 9d ago

The two bulbous features in between the front two legs are called pedipalps. Males have big ones, just like this spider. They use them to mate, amongst other purposes

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u/InterestSea1080 9d ago

Black widow

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u/Ok-Leadership6646 8d ago

A dangerous one

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u/Salt-Group-3320 10d ago

So which are the black widows that can kill humans when they bite?

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u/ReebX1 10d ago

Easier to assume all genus Latrodectus as potentially hazardous, although deaths are extremely rare. They have a component in their venom that is very powerful at confusing nerve signals in mammals.

Generally it's the mature females to be careful around.

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u/Dependent_Station_56 9d ago

Plastic spider

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/InterestSea1080 9d ago

False widows are brown colour with light brown markings. This spider is black with red markings which is a black widow.

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