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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Parasteatoda » Common House Spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)
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spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Copyright © 2004 Richard Leung

spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Springfield, Virginia, USA
May 9, 2004
There are lots of these under the overhangs around my house. They sit upside down on irregular webs, and I've even seen one snare a large Phidippus audax. Any help in identifying is appreciated.
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 30 June, 2004 - 8:28pm

American House Spider
Achaearanea tepidariorum. ( cobweb weaver ) Very common. I've tried to photograph these actual size on the negative but my lens keeps bumping into the web sending the spider scurrying. This is a nice lateral view. I have a ventral view that I will try to locate and submit.
… Tom Adams, 1 July, 2004 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I know what you mean about bumping into webs. It wasn't until recently, though, that I would even get close to these creatures. I've pretty much been an arachnophobic for years... but the more I photograph spiders, the better I feel around them.
… Richard Leung, 1 July, 2004 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

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