Thread: Black Widow Spider
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Old 02-02-2008, 10:54 PM
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The Black Widow Spiders are closely related to the Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) found in Australia, but are not closely related to the Sydney Funnel Web which belongs to the suborder Mygalomorphae or primitive spiders.
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