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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wall spiders (Oecobiidae) » Wall spiders (Oecobius)
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Spider? - Oecobius
Copyright © 2011 fuzzygerbil

Spider? - Oecobius
Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
September 18, 2011
Size: various aprox 3 mm
What is this and how do I get rid of them??? I keep finding them in my house. Generally around windows and all around the corners of the walls surrounding the windows. They are really freaking me out. They appear often. I know I vacuum them up at least once a week. But once they are there, they don't appear to move. I see them as small as a dot to as big as 3mm. By that size, I can see them and I vacuum them up. Please help!
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Contributed by fuzzygerbil on 18 September, 2011 - 5:15pm
Last updated 31 March, 2023 - 2:33pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 September, 2011 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

It's a wall spider.
They're harmless, beneficial predators. More info here.
… Domingo Zungri, 18 September, 2011 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow! That was fast! Thanks!
Wow! That was fast! Thanks!
… fuzzygerbil, 18 September, 2011 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

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