Hi guys, i have a cute little indoor spider. It has a large abdomen, white markings and a greyish-brownish colour.
Photos are taken with both flash and no flash.
http://s17.postimg.org/sjbzjoub3/IMG_7968.jpg
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Roughly, what is the approximate size (body length excluding the legs) of this spider and what is your geographic location? Also, could you try to obtain at least one more image in which its legs do not conceal its head region?
I did attempt to gently poke it to have it move into a position for clearer photo's, but as soon as i bothered with its web, it jumped down and immediately played dead (curling itself into a ball). I took this opportunity to rehome it outside (and took some more photo's as it moved.) it is a non-aggressive spider, and plays dead if bothered.
It looks like a young spider. It's about the size of a childs pinky fingernail. Approx half a cm. I thought it may be a garden orb weaver, but it doesn't seem to match the characteristics. For one, it's located indoors in normal light... on the side of my wall. (garden obs are known to be outdoors?) it also has a simple web unlike some of the webs gardens orbs make.
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Located Adelaide, south Australia.
thankyou
This message was edited Sep 23, 2016 10:14 PM
It's in the family Theridiidae (comb-footed/cobweb spiders); there are species in the genera Achaearanea and Parasteatoda that can have a similar appearance to your specimen.
Thankyou for your reply! :) I have safely re-homed it outside, but on the off chance that it finds its way back inside again, should i be concerned? (is it considered harmless to humans?)
These are not at all dangerous to humans...
