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Rabbit Hutch Spider

Steatoda bipunctata

8,220 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 411, February 304, March 476, April 749, May 1,079, June 1,177, July 1,259, August 1,083, September 795, October 593, November 324, December 253.
United States8,609
Alaska8,504
Russia648
Germany547
Austria461
Finland460
United Kingdom418
England376
Poland278
Sweden272

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rabbit Hutch Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.