Fact Box Species: Argyrodes alannae (Identification derived from a 1999 paper by P. Grostal) Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 6.5 mm male: 5.5 mm Habitat: This species feeds on small insects caught on the webs of larger spiders, usually araneids such as Cyrtophora species, and normally reside on the periphery of their webs Toxicity: The fangs on this spider seem far too small to be able to cause a human envenomation

A female The male Under female Female and egg sac

Known range: Recorded from just south of Cairns and from Bowen down to Brisbane then further down to areas west of Sydney and to Melbourne.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Argyrodes gracilis.