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Grey House Spider

badumna longinqua

The Grey House Spider is a friendly little spider often found in our homes! It helps keep bugs away and loves to spin cozy webs.

Lebensraum: Grey House Spiders live in homes, gardens, and other sheltered areas.

Aussehen

The Grey House Spider has a dark grey to brown body, covered in fine, dense hairs giving it a velvety look. Its legs are often faintly banded, and it lacks the distinct markings found on many other common house spiders, appearing more uniformly colored.

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Grey House Spider
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Grey House Spider

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Female Grey House Spiders often stay in the same web their entire life!

Their untidy, 'lace-like' webs are surprisingly strong and incredibly sticky for insects!

These spiders can survive for weeks without food, patiently waiting for a meal!

They are not native to North America but have spread widely across the continent!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Sticky Silk Weaver

Grey House Spider can spin tangled, 'lace-like' webs using strong, non-sticky silk, which helps them create an effective trap for prey.

Fähigkeit

Quick Attacker

Grey House Spider can quickly rush from its web retreat because of its keen senses and fast reflexes, helping it surprise prey.

Fähigkeit

Venomous Bite

Grey House Spider has venom that helps them paralyze insect prey, allowing the spider to safely subdue and eat its meals.

Maße und Details

Size Mm
6-11
Lifespan Years
1-3
Legs Count
8
Wings Count
0

Ernährung und Fütterung

These insect-eating spiders expertly trap small flying insects and crawling bugs in their messy webs.

Hauptnahrung

  • flies
  • mosquitoes
  • moths
  • beetles
  • ants

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

traps in its messy web

hunts

Common Mosquito

Culex pipiens

captures flying into its sticky threads

eaten by

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

spiders are an occasional protein source

parasitizes

Mud Dauber Wasp

Sceliphron caementarium

paralyzes for its larvae to consume

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Australian House SpiderGrey Spider

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always observe spiders from a distance and do not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Wie groß ist Grey House Spider?

6-11

Wie lange lebt Grey House Spider?

1-3

Was frisst Grey House Spider?

These insect-eating spiders expertly trap small flying insects and crawling bugs in their messy webs.

Wo findet man Grey House Spider normalerweise?

Grey House Spiders live in homes, gardens, and other sheltered areas.

Wie jagt Grey House Spider?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das legs Count von Grey House Spider?

8

Was ist der/die/das wings Count von Grey House Spider?

0

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