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Black house spider in its web. The web of B. insignis is a messy-looking construct of irregular sail-like shapes. There is a funnel-shaped, silken retreat, usually in the middle or corner of the web, where the spider spends most of its time waiting for prey. The female spider never leaves the web unless forced to.
Males have a body length of about 11 mm, 29 mm with extended legs. The body is black, except for chocolate-brown legs. [1] Although the species was first described in 1842, females were first described in 1980. [3] This results from the male's behavior of wandering about in search of mates, while females, which reside in tubes, are rarely found.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This page lists all described species of the spider family Atracidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as ...
Badumna is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. [5] They are harmless spiders that can be found around human structures and buildings. The most well-known species is B. insignis , also known as the "black house spider" or "black window spider".
Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be red, yellow, and on rare occasions, white.
L. geometricus (brown button spider) L. rhodesienses (Zimbabwe button spider) L. umbukwane (Phinda button spider) L. geometricus is found in many parts of the world,(including in the United States) and it is known as the brown widow spider. it is unknown where this species' origins are. L. rhodesienses is native to Africa. Both brown button ...
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Latrodectus indistinctus is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae, found in Namibia and South Africa. [1] It is one of six species of Latrodectus found in southern Africa, four of which, including L. indistinctus, are known as black button or black widow spiders.