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Common House Spider

Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Classification

Order
Araneae

Parasteatoda tepidariorum, the common house spider or American house spider, is a spider species of the genus Parasteatoda with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common house spiders are synanthropic and live in and near human dwellings. Their prey mechanism is similar to that of the other cobweb spiders: the spider follows disturbances transmitted along the web to entangle and then paralyze its prey, which usually consists of household insects and other invertebrates (often considered as pests).

Distribution

Martien van den Heuvel · CC BY
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Belgium · 2,666Germany · 382Netherlands · 184France · 121Italy · 32Spain · 29Switzerland · 26United Kingdom · 24Luxembourg · 1