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Katipō (Latrodectus katipo)

Observed by olivier_zilio, CC BY-NC

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[VIDEO TAKEN: MAY 5TH, 2026 | Video ID: A video of a black, red/orange, brown, and white male southern black widow crawling around on a human hand, being passed from one hand to the other as it crawls /End ID.]

This is a male of the species Latrodectus mactans, the southern black widow spider! Obviously I wouldn't suggest you do this, I know what I'm doing with handling spiders and am also 100% certain of this one being a male, male black widows not only have less potent venom but are far less capable of biting humans, and wouldn't be able to injure me.

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Two widow spiders of Sornieth, acid widow and cinder creeper. Gonna have to get a naturalist dragon or something so I can justify having all of these lol

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Hey look at the widow spider Latrodectus elegans:

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Submitted by @cuyahogafalls-ohio

Looks like you have a False Widow spider (Genus Steatoda) there! These are cobweb spiders (Family Theridiidae) that look similar to widows (Genus Latrodectus), but their anatomy is slightly different. Unlike Widows, False Widows do not have medically significant venom.

One of the most common false widows is the Triangulate Combfoot. This spider is fairly small, but it’s very common throughout North America. Here are a few I have seen:

Left: Triangulate Combfoot spider eats Brown Widow eggs (*gasp!*) Center: Triangulate Combfoot chillin Right: Triangulate Combfoot hanging out with a million of her eggs on the front of my house

I think you may have Steatoda grossa, the False Black Widow. Check out this comparison from Bugguide [link to photo source] alongside your photo: