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Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly called bridge-spider [1] or gray cross-spider, is a relatively large orb-weaver spider with Holarctic distribution. These spiders originated in Europe, have been observed as south as the Mediterranean Coast and as north as Finland, and have been introduced to North America.
With so many kinds of eight-legged bugs running around (nearly 3,000 species in North America alone!), the most common house spiders are bound to pop up in your abode from time to time. And with ...
Grey house spider or gray house spider may refer to the following species: Badumna longinqua, related to the black house spider;
Agelenopsis oklahoma is a species of funnel weaver in the spider family Agelenidae. It is found in the United States and Canada. It is found in the United States and Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Worried about flying spiders after seeing tons of headlines about the Joro spider? Here's what Oklahomans should know about the arachnids.
Latrodectus geometricus, commonly known as the brown widow, [2] [3] brown button spider, grey widow, brown black widow, [3] house button spider or geometric button spider, is one of the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus. As such, it is a 'cousin' to the more infamous Latrodectus mactans (black widow).
Common house spiders will bite humans only in self-defense, when grabbed and squeezed. [citation needed] The species' synanthropic habits, however, increase the risk of human bites. [2] Common house spiders possess poor vision and cannot detect any movement more than three to four inches away. If cornered, they will feign death as last resort.
The spider bites that experts really worry about are bites from venomous spiders, particularly black widows and brown recluse spiders. A bite from one of these types of spiders can cause severe ...