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Black Cobweb Spider

Steatoda capensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 143, February 128, March 177, April 344, May 141, June 114, July 122, August 107, September 154, October 140, November 105, December 108.
New Zealand1,783
Canterbury Region607
Australia558
Victoria416
Manawatu-Wanganui Region273
Wellington Region266
South Africa149
Auckland Region130
Western Cape92
Taranaki Region91

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyComb-footed Spiders · Theridiidae
GenusFalse Widow Spiders · Steatoda

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