Achaearanea species

Fact Box Species: Achaearanea species similar to A. veruculata (JS) Previous species name: Theridion species (RM) Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 5 mm male: 3 mm Habitat: In small webs associated with green vegetation Toxicity: May be too small to cause illness

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This species appears to have behavioural patterns similar to redback and grey house spiders and lives in a similar type of web.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Parasteatoda tepidariorum.