The red widow spider is a species of spider endemic to the Florida scrub habitat of central and southern Florida. It lives primarily in sand dunes dominated by sand pine, a distinctive type of vegetation found only in Florida and coastal Alabama.
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Latrodectus bishopi
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Source NatureServe: NatureServe Explorer: Latrodectus bishopi
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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Red Widow SpiderDistributionsQuote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
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1. Latrodectus bishopi (Wikipedia)
Section: Toxicity
L. bishopi has been reported to be venomous like the other Latrodectus members, and although no bites by this spider are recorded in the medical literature, a bite has been captured on video and documented by biologist Spencer Hoffman on the YouTube channel MyWildBackyard on April 15, 2023.
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bishopi has been reported to be venomous like the other Latrodectus members, and although no bites by this spider are recorded in the medical literature, a bite has been captured on video and
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Latrodectus bishopi is the scientific name for the red widow spider, which is endemic to the Florida scrub habitat of central and southern Florida, where it lives primarily in sand dunes dominated by sand pine
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Latrodectus bishopi
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The species is a known predator of Hemisphaerota cyanea.
View the Source2. Red widow spider (Wikipedia)
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Latrodectus bishopi
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Theridiidae, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Theridiidae, Taxon record
"family": "Theridiidae"
NatureServe: NatureServe Explorer: Latrodectus bishopi
NatureServeIn Biome: Chaparral, Species characteristics: Shrubland/chaparralQuote, In Biome: Chaparral, Species characteristics: Shrubland/chaparral
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Shrubland/chaparral"
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