Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Theridion frondeum

white spider with green abdomen - Theridion frondeum Theridia - Theridion frondeum Theridia - Theridion frondeum Captive Yellow, White Cobweb SK 31 - Theridion frondeum - female Captive Yellow, White Cobweb SK 31 - Theridion frondeum - female unknown spider - Theridion frondeum Theridion frondeum Small spider - Theridion frondeum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus Theridion
Species frondeum (Theridion frondeum)
Size
Female: 3.0-4.2 mm
Male: 3.0 to 3.5 mm
Identification
Kaston provides no less than 8 dorsal views of T. frondeum, each showing a different pattern on the abdomen.


Its background color is white but often with a tinge of yellow or green. Along the carapace and abdomen are medium black markings that exhibit considerable variation. Some individuals may lack the black markings while others may have very broad dark bands on either or both the cephalothorax and abdomen. The legs are long, especially leg I. In this leg, the patella plus tibia is nearly twice as long as carapace. The legs are dull greenish to white color with distinctive black bands which delineate the distal ends of each segment in leg I, and in all but the femurs of legs II and IV, but not at all in leg III.(1)

Female:

Epigyne, ventral view
Life Cycle
The mother lays her eggs in a secluded spot, often under a folded leaf. She stays with and guards the babies for a few days after they hatch, and then the babies disperse.

See Also
The less common T. albidum.
Print References
Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, pages 110 - 111.(1)
Works Cited
1.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.