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Spiders

BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS

Lactrodectus mactans

Color:

Black, with characteristic red "hourglass" on back

Legs:

Eight

Shape:

Round

Size:

3/4" Length; 3/8" diameter

Antennae:

No

Flight:

No

Black widow spiders are most recognized for the red hourglass shape on the back. Contrary to legend, female black widow spiders rarely devour the male black widow spider after mating.

BROWN RECLUSE SPIDERS

Loxosceles reclusa

Color:

Light to dark brown, with characteristic dark brown violin marking on back

Legs:

Eight

Shape:

Round

Size:

5/8"

Antennae:

No

Flight:

No

Brown recluse spiders have a characteristic dark brown violin marking on their back.

WOLF SPIDERS

Loxosceles reclusa

Color:

Mottled gray to brown

Legs:

Eight

Size:

1/2" to more than1"

Antennae:

No

Flight:

No

Habitat:

This spider is a ground dweller, with a burrow retreat. It has a roving nocturnal lifestyle to hunt their prey and can move very rapidly when disturbed. Commonly found around the home, in garden areas with a silk lined burrow, sometimes with a lid or covered by leaf litter or grass woven with silk as a little fence around the rim of the burrow.

An adult is 1/2 inch to more than 1 inch in body length - mottled gray to brown in color, with a distinct Union Jack impression on its back. The female carries it's young on its back.

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