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Galápagos Black Widow
Latrodectus apicalis
Latrodectus apicalis, known as the Galapagos black widow, is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Like many black widow spiders, it has a red or orange hourglass-shaped spot on the underside of the abdomen. It is venomous and sometimes hard to find.
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