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Species Steatoda triangulosa

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Help ID - Steatoda triangulosa Cobweb Spider - Steatoda triangulosa Cobweb Weaver - Steatoda triangulosa - female Cobweb Spider - Steatoda triangulosa - Steatoda triangulosa Cobweb Spider - Steatoda triangulosa - Steatoda triangulosa Wandering male Steatoda - Steatoda triangulosa - male Steatoda, but Triangulosa or Hespera? - Steatoda triangulosa - female Steatoda triangulosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus Steatoda
Species triangulosa (Steatoda triangulosa)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 4:17pm

Interesting Link
The University of Arkansas has some interesting information on Steatoda triangulosa at http://www.uark.edu/depts/entomolo/museum/steatoda.html including envenomation and the fact that they feed on brown recluse spiders. Pretty interesting.
… knapperbill, 19 January, 2006 - 9:13pm

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