Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda

Arthropoda Class: Arachnida

Arachnida Order: Araneae

Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae

Araneomorphae Family: Theridiidae

Theridiidae Genus: Latrodectus

Latrodectus Species: Latrodectus mactans

Common Name (AAS )

Southern Black Widow

Other Common Names

Black Widow, Black Widow Spider, Widow Spider, Hourglass Spider, Shoe Button Spider, Cobweb Spider, Comb-footed Spider, Tangle-web Spider, Gumfoot-web Spider, Button Spider

Author

Johan Christian Fabricius, 1775

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Sightings Overview

There have been 32 confirmed sightings of Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 11, 2020 by Spider ID member kitty9259. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 32 sightings because of certain Latrodectus mactans sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 39% of the time, Latrodectus mactans spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 18)

39% of the time, Latrodectus mactans spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 18) Sex: 19 female and 8 male.

19 female and 8 male. Environment: Latrodectus mactans has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.

Latrodectus mactans has been sighted 12 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors. Outdoors: Man-made structure (7). High foliage (1). Ground layer (3). Forest (1).

Location and Range

Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Latrodectus mactans has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.

Seasonality

Latrodectus mactans has been primarily sighted during the month of July.

January:

February: 1

1 March: 1

1 April: 2

2 May: 5

5 June: 4

4 July: 7

7 August: 4

4 September: 2

2 October: 3

3 November:

December: 1

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