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Grey House Spider

Badumna longinqua

12,846 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 163, February 141, March 150, April 213, May 180, June 171, July 214, August 183, September 278, October 211, November 189, December 146.
California2,005
United States1,958
Australia919
New Zealand457
New South Wales372
Victoria319
Argentina284
Buenos Aires250
Canterbury Region164
Queensland136

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
Familydesid spiders · Desidae
GenusHouse Spiders · Badumna

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