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Female Red House Spider close-up. The body is enlarged with eggs soon to be laid. This is a fairly common indoor spider. It is the same shape as the Redback spider, but a bit smaller..
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Female Red House Spider. The body is about size of a small pea. This spider is often found indoors in undisturbed spots e.g. behind doors or around skirting board corners.
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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RED HOUSE SPIDER FACTS |
Description
The Red House Spider is reddish-brown in colour. Similar in shape to Redback spider.
Size
10mm.
Habitat
Builds tangled web. Common around houses, under eaves, and undisturbed areas indoors
Food
insects caught in its tangled web
Notes
No bites known.
Classification
| Class: | Arachnida | | Order: | Araneomorphae | | Family: | Theridiidae | | Genus: | Nesticodes | | Species: | rufipes | | Common Name: | Red House Spider |
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