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The largest possible area is used; spiders found widely throughout a continent, for example, are categorized by that continent, not by each of the countries in which they are native. Species are always categorized by native distribution; genera and families should only be so categorized if restricted in distribution, e.g. only found in New Zealand.
They are small to medium-sized spiders found near the ground of eucalypt forest in small sheet webs. The species of this family are only present in Australia and Papua New Guinea. In most cases the cephalothorax and legs are uniformly red and the abdomen black, for which these species are sometimes called the "red and black spiders".
The black house spider or common black spider (Badumna insignis) is a common species of cribellate Australian spider, introduced to New Zealand,Japan and South Africa. A closely related species, Badumna longinqua , the grey house spider, has a similar distribution, but has also been introduced to the Americas.
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".
They have been deemed to be the world's most dangerous spiders on clinical and venom toxicity grounds, [119] though this claim has also been attributed to the Brazilian wandering spider (genus Phoneutria). [124] There were about 100 reliably reported deaths from spider bites in the 20th century, [125] compared to about 1,500 from jellyfish ...
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In the United States, there are five species of black widow spiders: the northern, southern and western varieties most commonly found in the regions they’re named for, as well as red and brown ...
Wandering spiders are known to hunt large prey, for example hylid species Dendropsophus branneri. [3] Despite their notoriety for being dangerous, only a few members of Phoneutria have venom known to be hazardous to humans, but the venoms of this family are poorly known, [ 4 ] so all larger ctenids should be treated with caution.