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Mystery spider. Anonymous
Hey guys, I live in Tempe, Arizona and I thought this thing was a black widow spider. Upon closer inspection, while it has the same shape, it is brown with white circles on it's butt-thing. Thorax? In any case, I'm wondering if I should kill it or keep it around. Picture is of it in a cookie box I had handy. Sorry for the bad quality.
>> La Saia !gUxA0qf6Nc
Take picture from above. It could be a brown recluse but I dunno.
>> Anonymous
Not a brown recluse. They don't have white spots.
>> Anonymous
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From above.
>> Anonymous
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could it be a false widow? hard to tell from your shit-tastic cam pix

pic related, but not the only version of the spots, google false widow and report back
>> Anonymous
Not a false widow. I talked to my professor of literature who happens to know pretty much damn near everything and he says it's probably a garden spider. Completely harmless. I'm going to google it up and see.
>> Anonymous
it COULD be a garden spider but they (garden) look way too similar to golden orb weavers. both are harmless (depending on species). it's thorax is huge like a common garden but the legs don't have the same color scheme. i think it's safe to say that it's an arizona brown spider
>> Anonymous
>>320939
correction. again thoraxes are different, so it's not an arizona brown spider like i said ealrier
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>>320939
i like you.
>> Anonymous
>>320946

Eh, I threw it back into the backyard and figured that if it kills me in my sleep I probably deserve it. Thanks for the help though.
>> Anonymous
you will find to main variety of black widow, your typical black widow, that is black with the red hour glass.

and the southwest mexican black widow, that isn't black. it is more mariachi colors, light brown, with bright red and blue markings with the typical orange hour glass.
>> spiderman !!SsRNV3jTiv8
>>320917
I wouldn't take your Literature prof.'s word on what kind of spider it is. Either way, it is impossible to say what you have there because of the quality of the images. Could be a harmless orb weaver..could be some Latrodectus sp. no telling at this point.
>> Anonymous
I will have to go with brown recluse.
>> Anonymous
just a common garden spider...
we get them all the time.
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This is a Brown Recluse, and your spider is NOT a Brown Recluse.
>> Anonymous
It is most definitely a Brown Recluse. You'll be bitten to death in your sleep tonight I'm afraid.
>> Anonymous
>>322148
I don't see its little violin.
>> Anonymous
Hey guys, I just thought I'd let you know that spiders don't have thoraxes. They have a cephalothorax and an abdomen. An insect has a thorax, that is, the segment lying between the head and the abdomen.

Welcome to elementary science.