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Southeast Texas, help is appreciated.

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[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I suspect:

Texas Brown Widow Spider (Latrodectus geometricus)

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That’s what it looks like to me, but hard to say from the blur

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you’re right. It has the dark bands on the leg joints, along with the brown colour and rough body dimensions of a brown widow.

These ones are much less dangerous than a black widow and may be displacing black widows from their common habitats.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I was able to see an orange figure on it as well when I took a closer look, thanks guys!