House spider
Appearance
The name house spider is a generic term for 11 different spiders commonly found around human dwellings, and may refer to their common name:
- Yellow sac spider, Cheiracanthium inclusum, a common spider worldwide often found in dwellings
- Black house spider, Badumna insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand
- Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution
- American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider
- Cellar spider, of the family Pholcidae, also known as daddy long-legs in North America
- Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica, also known as barn weaver in North America
- Giant house spider, Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea)
- Hobo spider, Eratigena agrestis (sometimes called aggressive house spider)
- Geometric house spider or house button spider, Latrodectus geometricus (more commonly known as the brown widow)
- Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
- Tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus
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Yellow sac spider, Chiracanthium inclusum, a common house spider worldwide
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Black house spider, Badumna insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand
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American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider
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Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution
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Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
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Hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis (sometimes called the aggressive house spider)
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Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica
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Cellar spiders, of the family Pholcidae
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Giant house spider, Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea)
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Geometric house spider, Latrodectus geometricus
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Tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus