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Brown Widow
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Spiders & tarantulas

Brown Widow

Latrodectus geometricus C.L.Koch, 1841

Names

EnglishBrown Widow
DutchBruine weduwe
SpanishAraña viuda marrón
Chinese几何寇蛛
Sranan Tongoanansi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameLatrodectus geometricus C.L.Koch, 1841

About this species

Latrodectus geometricus, commonly known as the brown widow, brown button spider, grey widow, brown black widow, house button spider or geometric button spider, is one of the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus. As such, it is a 'cousin' to the more infamous Latrodectus mactans (black widow).

L. geometricus has black and white patterns on the sides of its abdomen as well as an orange-yellow colored hourglass shape marking. Their eggs are easily identified by points that project from all over the egg sacs. L. geometricus are found all over the world, but are believed to originate in Africa or South America. Their bites, though painful, are not considered to be dangerous.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyTheridiidae
GenusLatrodectus

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
2019First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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