Northern Black Widow, presumably male of the species

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Subject:  Male Northern Black Widow?
Geographic location of the bug:  Magnolia, Delaware
Date: 01/02/2019
Time: 04:51 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Was able to find similar markings on pictures making me think this is a Northern Black widows, but nothing exact. Found in September, near a storage shed under a damp piece of timber.
Thanks.
How you want your letter signed:  Don Sloan

Northern Widow, male or immature female?

Dear Don,
We agree that this is Widow, and considering your location, it is presumably a Northern Widow, Latrodectus variolus.  We cannot state for certain if it is an immature female or a male, but we would lean towards immature female.  Here is a BugGuide image for comparison.

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