Thwaitesia species

Fact Box Species: Thwaitesia species (Identification by Greg Anderson) Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: About 3.5 mm male: 3.5 mm Habitat: The female of this species is presumed to live in a small tangled web in green shrubs; this species may have a spherical egg sac and a folded leaf retreat Toxicity: Far too small to be able to cause a human envenomation

View from above Underneath spider A different male? Another view

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Several small araneids and theridiids.