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Species Cithaeron praedonius

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Orlando Fl, Urban Dwelling. Found in washing machine. - Cithaeron praedonius Orlando Fl, Urban Dwelling. Found in washing machine. - Cithaeron praedonius - female Orlando Fl, Urban Dwelling. Found in washing machine. - Cithaeron praedonius - female Cithaeron praedonius - female Cithaeron praedonius - female Cithaeron praedonius - female Cithaeron praedonius - female Cithaeron praedonius - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Cithaeronidae
Genus Cithaeron
Species praedonius (Cithaeron praedonius)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cithaeron praedonius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872

Range

Native to the Old World (western Africa through Greece, the Middle East, Malaysia); introduced to Australia, Brazil, and the U.S. (Florida only so far).

Food

Primarily other smaller spiders, and small, flimsy insects it can easily overpower such as midges and silverfish.

Remarks

Will be easily mistaken for brown recluse in FL.

Likely purposely introduced in Port Richey, FL, so introducing individual could take credit for 'discovering' new foreign species in FL.

See Also

Bug Eric

Internet References

World Spider Catalog
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 19 January, 2013 - 1:22pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins
Last updated 15 July, 2025 - 8:56pm

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