Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Theridiidae (Comb-footed spiders)

Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)

Gewächshaus-Mondspinne Common House Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Theridion tepidariorum C.L. Koch, 1841 | Parasteatoda pallida (Walckenaer, 1841) | Achaearanea tepidariorum | Theridion tepidariorum |

  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female 10991
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-07-15 16:13:41
    Image number: 10991
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
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  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female 10992
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-07-15 16:14:12
    Image number: 10992
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
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  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female 10993
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-07-15 16:14:26
    Image number: 10993
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-07-15 16:14:26
  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female 10994
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-07-15 16:14:57
    Image number: 10994
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    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-07-15 16:14:57
  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female 10995
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-07-15 16:14:40
    Image number: 10995
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-07-15 16:14:40
  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female 10996
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-07-15 16:15:15
    Image number: 10996
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-07-15 16:15:15
  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female 10997
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-07-15 16:16:45
    Image number: 10997
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-07-15 16:16:45
  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female with egg cocoon 11012
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female with egg cocoon
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-08-01 15:38:27
    Image number: 11012
    female with egg cocoon
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-08-01 15:38:27
  • Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female with egg cocoon 11013
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841)  Gewächshaus-Mondspinne  Common House Spider 
    Parasteatoda tepidariorum, female with egg cocoon
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-08-01 15:39:25
    Image number: 11013
    female with egg cocoon
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-08-01 15:39:25

Further vernacular names:
American House Spider
Distribution:
Asia. Introduced to Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Canada, USA, South America, South Africa, Seychelles, New Zealand, Hawaii

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  3. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  4. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.
  5. Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Robert Bosmans, Daniel Gloor, Ambros Hänggi & Christian Kropf: araneae Spinnen Europas