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The abdomen of the southern house spider is covered with fine velvety light gray hair. [3] Female southern house spiders are rarely seen, as they build radial webs around crevices, for which reason their family (Filistatidae) is called crevice weavers. Females seldom move except to capture prey caught in their webs.
Wolf spider. What they look like: With over 200 species of wolf spiders crawling around, it’s no wonder that they range in size and appearance.“The largest species can be up to an inch and a ...
Domestic house spiders range nearly worldwide. Their global distribution encompasses Europe, North Africa, parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. They have been introduced to the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand. [2] In Europe, they are found as far north as Scandinavia to as far south as Greece and the Mediterranean sea. It is recorded ...
Spiders native to North America may also be found in categories covering larger areas: Category:Cosmopolitan spiders – spiders native worldwide; Category:Holarctic spiders – spiders native to the Holarctic; includes North America; Category:Pantropical spiders – Central American and Caribbean spiders native throughout the tropics
Common house spiders are variable in color from tan to nearly black, frequently with patterns of differing shades on their body. [3] Females are generally between 5 and 6 millimetres (0.20 and 0.24 in) long, and males are generally between 3.8 and 4.7 millimetres (0.15 and 0.19 in) long. [3]
A large brown recluse compared to a US penny (diameter 0.75 inches or 19 millimetres) The documented range of this species lies roughly south of a line from southeastern Nebraska through southern Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana to southwestern Ohio. In the southern states, it is native from central Texas to western Georgia and north to Kentucky. [6 ...
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.
Hobo spiders lack the colored bands found on many spiders of the family Agelenidae where the leg joints meet. [8] The abdomen has chevron (V-shaped) patterns (possibly many of them) down the middle, with the chevrons pointing towards the head. [7] Hobo spiders have a light stripe running down the middle of the sternum.