3 Types of Black Widows in Tennessee
Find out whether black widows live in Tennessee, where sightings are most likely, and which wildlife pages to open next for IDs, state context, and gifts.
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Find out whether black widows live in Tennessee, where sightings are most likely, and which wildlife pages to open next for IDs, state context, and gifts.
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Real sighting data, source iNaturalist
900 verified observations on iNaturalist of black widow have been recorded in Tennessee, most often in May, August, June.
When black widow are recorded in Tennessee
Verified species, source iNaturalist
3 types of black widows recorded in Tennessee
3 black widow species have a verified observation record in Tennessee, each with at least 10 confirmed sightings. The full list, ranked by how often each is recorded, is below.
1 of the 3 shown is recorded as introduced to Tennessee rather than native.
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Counts from verified iNaturalist observations.
More on black widows in Tennessee:
The Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans) is the most commonly recorded, with 513 verified observations, about 65% of all black widows reported in Tennessee. If you spot a black widow here, it is statistically most likely to be this one.
Not every one of these is originally from here. Brown Widow is recorded by iNaturalist as introduced in Tennessee rather than native, so it arrived with human help rather than on its own.