Anelosimus species

Fact Box Species: Anelosimus species (identification based on similarities with known Anelosimus species) Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 6 mm male: perhaps 3 mm Habitat: This species probably lives in a small tangled web stretched across a V-shaped dead twig, the female occupying a retreat in the centre of this web Toxicity: Too small to be a hazard to humans

A closer view Underneath female

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Anelosimus species and also the male of the araneid Deliochus zelivira, although the abdominal colour scheme is reversed for the latter species.