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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)

Species Parasteatoda tepidariorum - Common House Spider

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Common House Spider spiderling - Parasteatoda tepidariorum Ma Spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female A house spider in the woods - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female spider's kiss - Parasteatoda tepidariorum possibly Parasteatoda - Parasteatoda tepidariorum little beauty - Parasteatoda tepidariorum Common House Spider - Lateral - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
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 Parasteatoda
Species tepidariorum (Common House Spider)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Formerly placed in Achaearanea.
Identification

The egg sacs (above) are completely diagnostic of tepidariorum.
Range
Found throughout the world but is less common in the center of the continent.(1)
Season
Adults are year round in the South. Adults may live more than a year. (1)
Remarks
The egg cases are tan and teardrop shaped. Some females have be found with up to 4 egg cases. Once emerged, the young remain in a tight cluster for some time before dispersal. (1)
See Also
Cryptachaea rupicola
Works Cited
1.Common Spiders of North America
Richard A. Bradley . 2012. University of California Press .
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 3:26pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, kschnei, Marci Hess
Last updated 11 November, 2019 - 3:51pm

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