Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A spider and its cocoons

Posted by eguzki on 19-10-2006 11:34
#1

While I was moving an useless wardrobe, a spider appeared behind it. It was quite small and has a pale pattern on its abdomen. Its cocoons were fastened by silk on the bottom side of the wardrobe. Can anyone to Id it?

Posted by eguzki on 19-10-2006 11:36
#2

eguzki wrote:
While I was moving an useless wardrobe, a spider appeared behind it. It was quite small and has a pale pattern on its abdomen. Its cocoons were fastened by silk on the bottom side of the wardrobe. Can anyone to Id it?


The cocoons:

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 19-10-2006 11:40
#3

I think it's a Steatoda grossa (Theridiidae).

Posted by eguzki on 19-10-2006 11:50
#4

Black wrote:
I think it's a Steatoda grossa (Theridiidae).


Thank you Black! I thought earlier too, it belongs to the Theridiidae family.
Greetings!

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-10-2006 12:37
#5

yes. Theridiidae. Steatoda sp. perhaps cf grossa.