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  3. Arthropods
  4. Arachnids
  5. Spiders
  6. Araneoid Spiders
  7. Cobweb Spiders

family

Cobweb Spiders

Theridiidae

Includes
94 native 12 introduced 6 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Theridiinae 46 native
  • Latrodectinae 18 native
  • Kleptoparasitic Spiders 10 native
  • Pholcommatinae 9 native
  • Hadrotarsinae 7 native
  • Spintharinae 3 native
  • Anelosiminae 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native cobweb spiders All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Western Black Widow Latrodectus hesperus 32,271 observations
  • Southern Black Widow Latrodectus mactans 14,710 observations
  • Boreal Combfoot Steatoda borealis 9,605 observations
  • Northern Black Widow Latrodectus variolus 5,959 observations
  • Two-spotted Cobweb Spider Asagena americana 1,624 observations
  • Eastern Triangular Cobweaver Dipoenoides funebris 1,204 observations
  • Theridiid Spider Cryptachaea blattea 455 observations
  • Red Widow Latrodectus bishopi 324 observations
  • Red-and-white Asagena Asagena fulva 306 observations
  • Hawaiian Happy Face Spider Theridion grallator 295 observations
  • Fence Long-legged Cobweaver Theridion murarium 281 observations
  • Asagena medialis 204 observations
  • Steatoda hespera 138 observations
  • Marbled Cobweb Spider Enoplognatha marmorata 103 observations
  • Ariamnes waikula 36 observations
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