Western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus

Female	Western black widow Latrodectus hesperus Araneae: Theridiidae Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) Original available from Biological Photo Service Back to Spider index page Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California Back to Natural History of Orange County, California
Female feeding	Female with egg sac
Newly hatched first instars	Second instar (?) male from Orange, Orange County, CA. 11-12-07. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.
Second instar (?) male from Orange, Orange County, CA. 11-12-07. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.	Second instar (?) male from Orange, Orange County, CA. 11-12-07. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.
Juvenile male (same individual as above, but subsequent instar) from Orange, Orange County, CA. 12-29-07. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.	Juvenile male (same individual as above, but subsequent instar) from Orange, Orange County, CA. 12-29-07. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.
Juvenile male (same individual as above) from Orange, Orange County, CA. 1/5/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.	Juvenile male (same individual as above) from Orange, Orange County, CA. 1/5/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.
Adult male (same individual as above) from Orange, Orange County, CA. 2/17/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.	Adult male (same individual as above), underside. From Orange, Orange County, CA. 2/20/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.
Adult male (same individual as above) from Orange, Orange County, CA. 2/17/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.	Adult male (same individual as above) from Orange, Orange County, CA. 2/17/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.
Adult male (same individual as above) showing pedipalps. From Orange, Orange County, CA. 2/17/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.	Adult male (same individual as above) showing pedipalps. From Orange, Orange County, CA. 2/17/08. Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Original available from Biological Photo Service.
Sub-adult female. Copyright Lenny Vincent, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California.	Immature female. Irvine, Orange County, CA. 5/12/07. Copyright Steve Gill
Juvenile female, outside during daylight on elementary school table; possibly injured. Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4-22-06. Copyright Ron Hemberger.	Juvenile female, outside during daylight on elementary school table; possibly injured. Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4-22-06. Copyright Ron Hemberger.