Stick spider

Fact Box Species: Argyrodes species (QM) (similar to A. gracilis) Previous species name: Conopistha species (RM) Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 5 mm male: 3.5 mm Habitat: On the edge of a large orb-weaver web or on its own tangled web Toxicity: Too small to harm a human

In its web

The shape of the abdomen with its midventral spinnerets and the tendency of the larger legs to be folded back over the body when the spider is at rest are characteristics of this species. Also normal for this kind of spider is the practice of scavenging on the edge of the webs of large orb-weaving spider species.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Uloborus barbipes, Argyrodes species and several other spider species.