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House spider

The name house spider is a generic term for different spiders commonly found around human dwellings, and may refer to:

  • Yellow sac spider, Chiracanthium inclusum, a common house spider worldwide.
  • Black house spider, Badumna Insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand;
  • Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution;
  • American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider;
  • Common cellar spider, of the Pholcidae family, also known as daddy long-legs in North America;
  • Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica, also known as barn weaver in North America;
  • Giant house spider, Tegenaria gigantea;
  • Hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis (sometimes called aggressive house spider);
  • Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
  • Tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus
  • References

    House spider Wikipedia


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