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Black House Spider

Badumna insignis

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Desidae

The black house spider or common black spider (Badumna insignis) is a common species of cribellate Australian spider, introduced to New Zealand and Japan. A closely related species, Badumna longinqua, the grey house spider, has a similar distribution, but has also been introduced to the Americas. Ludwig Carl Christian Koch described Badumna insignis in 1872.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 2