Thwaitesia argentiopunctata

Fact Box Species: Thwaitesia argentiopunctata (Identification by Greg Anderson) Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 3 mm male: 2 mm Habitat: This species makes a small tangled web in green vegetation and appears to have behavioural patterns similar to redback and grey house spiders, but it is mainly found in eucalypt forests rather than on the outside of houses and other man-made constructions Toxicity: Unknown but probably far too small to cause a human envenomation

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Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Thwaitesia nigronodosa.