House spider
title: "House spider" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["arthropod-common-names", "former-disambiguation-pages-converted-to-set-index-articles"] topic_path: "general/arthropod-common-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_spider" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
The name house spider is a generic term for 11 different spiders commonly found around human dwellings, and may refer to their common name:
- Yellow sac spider, Cheiracanthium inclusum, a common spider worldwide often found in dwellings
- Black house spider, Badumna insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand
- Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution
- American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider
- Cellar spider, of the family Pholcidae, also known as daddy long-legs in North America
- Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica, also known as barn weaver in North America
- Giant house spider, Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea)
- Hobo spider, Eratigena agrestis (sometimes known as aggressive house spider)
- Geometric house spider or house button spider, Latrodectus geometricus (more commonly known as the brown widow)
- Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
- Tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus
Disambiguation gallery
File:Cheiracanthium mildei male.jpg|Yellow sac spider, Chiracanthium inclusum, a common house spider worldwide File:Black house spider03.jpg|Black house spider, Badumna insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand File:Achae tepid.JPG|American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider File:Steatoda.grossa.jpg|Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution File:Kukulcaniahibernalis.JPG|Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis File:Female-hobo.gif|Hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis (sometimes called the aggressive house spider) File:Spider-2007-10-09.png|Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica File:Pholcus.phalangioides.6905.jpg|Cellar spiders, of the family Pholcidae File:Tegenaria gigantea.jpg|Giant house spider, Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea) File:Brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus underside.jpg|alt=|Geometric house spider, Latrodectus geometricus File:The Pink Prowler (49568655818).jpg|alt=|Tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus
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