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  2. House spider - Wikipedia

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    The name house spider is a generic term for 11 different spiders commonly found around human dwellings, and may refer to their common name: Yellow sac spider , Cheiracanthium inclusum , a common spider worldwide often found in dwellings

  3. The 10 Most Common House Spiders to Look Out For, According ...

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    With so many kinds of eight-legged bugs running around (nearly 3,000 species in North America alone!), the most common house spiders are bound to pop up in your abode from time to time. And with ...

  4. Parasteatoda tepidariorum - Wikipedia

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    Common house spiders will bite humans only in self-defense, when grabbed and squeezed. [citation needed] The species' synanthropic habits, however, increase the risk of human bites. [2] Common house spiders possess poor vision and cannot detect any movement more than three to four inches away. If cornered, they will feign death as last resort.

  5. Spider taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Paintings of Araneus angulatus from Svenska Spindlar of 1757, the first major work on spider taxonomy. Spider taxonomy is the part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida, which has more than 52,700 described species.

  6. Royal Entomological Society Handbooks - Wikipedia

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    Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information.

  7. Eratigena - Wikipedia

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    Eratigena is a genus of spider in the family Agelenidae.Most of its species were moved from the genus Tegenaria in 2013, of which the genus name is an anagram. [2] Two species that frequently build webs in and around human dwellings are now placed in this genus: the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis), native to Europe and Central Asia and introduced to North America, and the giant house spider ...

  8. What do spider bites look like? Know these dangerous ... - AOL

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    Here are spider bite pictures and tips to identify them. Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite pictures and ...

  9. Tegenaria domestica - Wikipedia

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    The spider sits at the back of the funnel shape, waiting for prey to disturb the web. When the silk threads in the web are disturbed vibrations are sent to the spider, notifying the spider there is prey at the mouth of the funnel. The spider will rush out and attack the prey item, dragging it back to the back of the funnel to consume its meal.