species 324 observations

Red Widow

Latrodectus bishopi

Field notes

Latrodectus bishopi is the scientific name for the red widow spider, which is endemic to the Florida scrub habitat of central and southern Florida, where it lives primarily in sand dunes dominated by sand pine, Pinus clausa – a type of vegetation found only in Florida and coastal Alabama.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided