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    Communities > Forums > Insect and Spider Identification
    Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 2, Views: 46
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    Renee7
    CRP CHRISTI, TX

    March 7, 2013 10:49 AM

    Post #9441901

    HELP! I found this spider in my mailbox. We think it's a black widow but my students and I searched pictures and they don't seem to match. The red and yellow are very obvious and it's more brown than black.
    The pic was taken in Mathis, Texas at the lake. It was about 55 degrees.
    Any ideas?

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    themoonhowl

    themoonhowl
    Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)

    March 7, 2013 11:19 AM

    Post #9441917

    Here is some info that may be of help to you. If I read correctly, there are over 900 different spiders that call Texas home.

    [HYPERLINK@www.dshs.state.tx.us]

    http://www.bugsinthenews.com/spiders_in_the_fern_bluff_mud.h...

    http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/k/Texas_spiders.htm
    Flapdoodle
    Minot, ND

    March 7, 2013 11:38 AM

    Post #9441936

    Appears to be a brown widow spider, closely related to the black widow, but whose venom does not appear to be quite as potent.
    http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/IPM/BrownWidow.htm

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