Lace-webbed spider
The lace-webbed spider is a dark reddish brown spider that lives in and around houses. On its back it has a dark wedge shaped mark with a yellow edge. It spins a lacy web in holes in walls, fences and window frames.
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Fun facts
It has a look-alike cousin. Scientists need a microscope to tell the two apart for sure.
It is often found near windows.
Its legs have darker rings on them.
Away from houses, it sometimes lives under tree bark in the woods.
Most asked questions about Lace-webbed spider
?Where do lace-webbed spiders live?
In holes in walls, fences and window frames, mostly around houses.
?How big is a lace-webbed spider?
Females are about 9 to 12 millimetres long and males are a bit smaller.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Amaurobius similis
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Amaurobiidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Amaurobiidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Amaurobius similis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by AJC1. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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