comb-footed spider: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	tangle-web spider • Theridiidae • cobweb weaver

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Comb-footed spider

Red widow spider (Latrodectus bishopi) with red-orange body and black abdomen marked by yellow rings and red spots, on green leaves in Ocala National Forest.

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