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[BlkMambaVenom]

im confused i thought black widows, were always black in color with the red hourglass shape on the back. Why is that one tan?

[crocsnhots]

I missed that post, nice spider! Not all black widow spiders look alike, there are different species. Also, although I'm not familiar with young of the various species, that could just be the colouring of an immature black widow.

[Removed_2815]

Originally posted by BlkMambaVenom
im confused i thought black widows, were always black in color with the red hourglass shape on the back. Why is that one tan?

Mature females are usually all black with the red hourglass shape on the abdomen. Mature males look different, and there are females that lack any red hourglass, or have various red spots along the sides, etc etc. There is a lot of variation.
Spiderlings are not black when they emerge.
These are all immature black widows:






And an adult female: