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Actinopodidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders found in mainland Australia and South America usually in open forest. Species are most common in Queensland, Australia . [ 1 ] It includes mouse spiders ( Missulena species), whose bites, though rare, are considered medically significant and potentially dangerous.
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.
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.
Amaurobius ferox, sometimes known as the black lace-weaver, is a common nocturnal spider belonging to the family Amaurobiidae and genus Amaurobius. Its genus includes three subsocial species, A. fenestralis, A. similis and A. ferox , all three of which have highly developed subsocial organizations.
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 yellow, and on rare occasions, white.
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".
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Print/export Download as PDF; ... This page lists all described species of the spider family Ctenizidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of December 2020 ...