r/spiders • u/SarahKat2021 • 11h ago

Discussion What is this? California

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Just found this guy trying to get in my apartment. Had a red/orange belly

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u/Loss-Sorry 🕷️Mediocre Identifier🕷️ 10h ago

Female Latrodectus geometricus, Brown Widow

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u/Up_Beat_Peach obsessed with spiders 10h ago

Ive never seen them that color. Ig they can get super dark like that.

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u/Loss-Sorry 🕷️Mediocre Identifier🕷️ 9h ago

They can get solid black, too! But there are still a few ways to tell them apart with good photos or when they produce an egg sac.