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Theridion species?

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Species:
Theridion species?
(this identification is based on its similarities with known Theridion species; it is suggested this species may be Theridion theridioides, sometimes listed as Tobesoa theridioides)
Family:
Theridiidae
Body length:
female: about 4 mm
male: about 2 mm
Habitat:
In a tangled web in green vegetation
Toxicity:
Probably too small to cause a significant human envenomation
Theridion species?
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Another view
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A juvenile

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: A variety of araneids and other theridiids.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 8 July 2009.