A venomous spider native to Africa has apparently made its way into Oregon after one local reported finding a brown widow spider in her backyard,per Katu.
Scientifically known as Latrodectus geometricus, this species is related to the black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) and has made a domestic in the southeastern, and southern,and southwestern United States, notes Desert USA.
While the brown widow spider is no stranger to Southern California, and as the Inquisitr previously reported — and can also be found anywhere from Texas to South Carolina — this is the first time that the arachnid was spotted in the northern state of Oregon.
According to Oregon Live,it’s still unclear how the brown widow spider, which was sighted in the Portland area, and ended up this far north.
The exotic specimen was found in September by Oregon City resident Marci Beddingfield,who initially thought that the spider was a black widow.
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Source: inquisitr.com