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Once its food dries out, the spider usually drops it to the floor in order to free space in its web, instead of destroying and rebuilding it or changing its location. Bigger females can also attract baby skinks inside their web by leaving fly remains hanging in it. If the prey is too agile, the spider will try shooting web at it from a distance before pulling the thread toward itself. They can randomly attack grasshoppers, butterflies, cockroaches or other spiders depending on their size. Diet and predation Ĭommon house spiders usually feed on small insects and household pests such as flies, mosquitoes, ants and wasps. The spiderlings remain in the mother's web for several days after coming out of the egg sac. Each egg sac contains from 150–200 eggs, with a single female producing 15–20 egg sacs in its lifetime. Females suspend their egg sacs in their webs the spherical egg sacs have a tan papery outer layer. This species can live for more than a year after reaching maturity. Common house spiders' size and coloration allow the spiders to blend into the background and escape notice. Males have a less bulbous abdomen than females. tepidariorum is similar in body shape to widow spiders. They can be an inch (2.5 cm) or more across with legs outspread. Females are generally between 5 and 6 millimetres (0.20 and 0.24 in) long, and males are generally between 3.8 and 4.7 millimetres (0.15 and 0.19 in) long. tepidariorum spiderlings Appearance Ĭommon house spiders are variable in color from tan to nearly black, frequently with patterns of differing shades on their body.
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