Brown widow spider

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Brown widow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Family: Theridiidae Genus: Latrodectus Species: L. geometricus
Binomial name
Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841

The Brown widow spider is a close relation to the more famous black widow spider. The brown widow is found in Florida, parts of Australia and South Africa. Outside of America the brown widow is commonly called a brown button or geometric button spider.

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