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American House Spider

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American House Spider, also called the common house spider, is a cobweb-weaving spider of the genus Parasteatoda with a cosmopolitan distribution, native to Asia but spread by human transport to North and South America, Europe, Africa, Russia and the Pacific. It builds three-dimensional webs in dark corners of buildings, measures 5 to 6 millimeters long as an adult female, and while it carries neurotoxic venom it poses minimal danger to humans, biting only defensively when squeezed.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 3
Scientific Name
Parasteatoda tepidariorum 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Araneae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: American House Spider
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Sources
1. Wikidata: American House Spider
  • Wikidata Q388278, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Parasteatoda tepidariorum': prey...usually consists of household insects and other invertebrates
  • Child Taxon Of: Araneae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q388278 (P225 taxon name)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 325724
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum is native to Asia but has been introduced to Canada, the USA, South America, Europe, Morocco, Turkey, the Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Saint Helena, South Africa, t
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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