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South American Black Widow
Latrodectus curacaviensis
Latrodectus curacaviensis is a species of spider that belongs to the genus Latrodectus. They have a distinct hourglass mark with a black diamond shape and four red triangles in a square. Bites are rare but dangerous. The known range is the Lesser Antilles and South America.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 467606.