Keywords: usgs spider black widow blackwidow macrophotography macros insect halloween creepy bug bugs spider spiders animal animals animalia arthropod arthropods arthropoda chelicerate chelicerates chelicerata arachnid arachnids arachnida araneae black widow blackwidow northern black widow northernblackwidow theridiidae taxonomy:binomial=latrodectus variolus taxonomy:binomial=latrodectusvariolus latrodectus variolus latrodectusvariolus poisonous black widow droege biml usgs zerene stacker zerenestacker macro stackshot usgsbiml "You should've known better than to mess with me, honey...black widow, baby!" Why not start off this creepy Halloween week with a creature Iggy Azalea would be proud of: Latrodectus variolus, a.k.a. the northern black widow spider. This particular spider was found in Beltsville, MD and is typically found in the Mid-Atlantic states. Photo credit: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab "You should've known better than to mess with me, honey...black widow, baby!" Why not start off this creepy Halloween week with a creature Iggy Azalea would be proud of: Latrodectus variolus, a.k.a. the northern black widow spider. This particular spider was found in Beltsville, MD and is typically found in the Mid-Atlantic states. Photo credit: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Female Northern Black Widow Spider, Beltsville, MD Prince George's County, Collected by Jessica Zelt Female Northern Black Widow Spider, Beltsville, MD Prince George's County, Collected by Jessica Zelt |