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Button spider is a common name used in Southern Africa to refer to local members of the spider genus Latrodectus in the family Theridiidae. There are both black and brown button spiders in Southern Africa, known elsewhere as widow spiders. Seven Latrodectus species can be found in Southern Africa; six of them are native, one is possibly imported.
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| Button spider | is a | common name used in Southern Africa to refer to local members of the spider genus Latrodectus in the family Theridiidae | 0.90 | text |
| Button spider | related to Button spider species | The | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to External links | Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to External links | The | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to External links | AfricaThe World Spider Catalog | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to Venom | All | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to Venom | Latrodectus | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to Venom | Envenomation | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to Venom | Southern Africa | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to Venom | Ordinarily | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to Venom | In | 0.60 | section |
| Button spider | related to Venom | Although | 0.60 | section |
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