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sbaussie Melbourne, Australia Nov 02, 2016

Hi,
As the weather's getting warmer in Australia a ton of these spiders are popping up in door/window frames of my house.

They make messy webs, mostly odd strands, have greyish speckled limbs with hints of brown and a sort of patchy, symmetrical pattern on the top of their abdomens.

I also saw a daddy long legs inside the house had killed and cocooned a small one the other day.

Can't find any visual matches in my online searching. Any ideas?

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sbaussie Melbourne, Australia Nov 02, 2016

Also just to note the body of these grown ones is probably about 5mm long head to tail.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Nov 03, 2016

Theridion gigantipes appears to be a good possibility...
http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/theridiidae/Cryptachaea_gigantipes_D8166.jpg

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sbaussie Melbourne, Australia Nov 04, 2016

Yes! I think you're on the money. Found this with more pics:
http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/spiders/cobweb-spider-cryptachaea-gigantipes.html

Thanks so much

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