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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.

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

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

Peligro

1/5 · Muy bajo

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

Quick Attacker

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

Habilidad

Venomous Bite

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

Medidas y detalles

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

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • flies
  • mosquitoes
  • moths
  • beetles
  • ants

Método de búsqueda

  • Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

También conocido como

Australian House SpiderGrey Spider

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Qué tamaño tiene Grey House Spider?

6-11

¿Cuánto vive Grey House Spider?

1-3

¿Qué come Grey House Spider?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Grey House Spider?

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

¿Cómo caza Grey House Spider?

Ambush

¿Cuál es el legs Count de Grey House Spider?

8

¿Cuál es el wings Count de Grey House Spider?

0

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