General Description
Body colour brown to black. Small cephalothorax and large round abdomen, usually with a white crescent-shaped mark on top, sometimes followed by several white spots. The body shape is similar to a Redback Spider, but it lacks the red marking. Body up to 4 mm long (male), 1 cm long (female).
Biology
Brown House Spiders make a tangled web of sticky threads that attach to the ground or floor. One species has been introduced from New Zealand.
Distribution
Mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Habitat
Indoors in dark places or under furniture, outside in sheds, under pot plants or in rubbishy undisturbed areas.
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Spotted or plain body, small cephalothorax and large round abdomen. Similar in shape to the Redback but no red hourglass marking underneath abdomen.
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Brown, Black
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Invertebrates
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Hazards
Bite can cause a general reaction (may include headache, nausea, vomiting and muscular pain) and small blisters may appear around the bite site.
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Conservation Statuses
CITES: Not listed, FFG Threatened List: Not listed, EPBC Act 1999: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Not listed
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Brown House Spider
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