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The round, bulbous abdomen is creamy in color, with parallel purply-brown zigzag lines running front to back. This distinctive pattern sets it apart from other theridiids in its area. The triangulate cobweb spider is known to prey on many other types of arthropods, ants (including fire ants ), other spiders, pillbugs, and ticks.
Females reach a body length of about 6–14 mm, males up to 5–9 mm. Leg spans range from 18 to 35 mm. [1] These spiders can be identified by their large, oval-shaped, bulbous abdomens. Colors can range from black, grey, and shades of red.
A nickname for this arachnid is the rabbit hutch spider, since rabbit hutches often make a suitable habitat. Steatoda bipunctata is similar in shape to the black widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus and can thus be mistaken for them, although its bite is significantly less dangerous to humans.
Female Steatoda grossa eating flies. Steatoda grossa, commonly known as the cupboard spider, the dark comb-footed spider, the brown house spider (in Australia), or the false widow or false black widow (though several other species are known by these names), is a common species of spider in the genus Steatoda.
“Spiders are beneficial bugs that help control other pest insects such as flies, adult mosquitoes, ants, etc.” Capture and release can look like using a cup and a piece of paper to capture and ...
Phidippus audax are commonly referred to as "bold jumping spiders" or "bold jumpers". [8] The species name, audax, is a Latin adjective meaning "audacious" or "bold". [8] This name was first used to describe the species by French arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, who described the spider as being, "very bold, often jumping on the hand which threatens it". [9]
Steatoda capensis is a spider originating from South Africa.Its common names include the black cobweb spider, brown house spider, cupboard spider and due to its similarities to the katipō spider it is commonly known as the false katipō in New Zealand. [1]
Male body length ranges from 4 to 6 mm. V. arenata are polychromatic and their abdomen color ranges from white to yellow. [6] Some smaller, vein-like markings on the abdominal area are red. [4] Females can have black, brown, or rusty red colored legs and carapace. The head is small compared to this spider's triangular abdomen.