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

Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gewöhnliche Fettspinne Common False Widow Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Steatoda brasiliana Keyserling, 1884 |

  • Steatoda bipunctata, female 3786
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2006-12-16 12:10:10
    Image number: 3786
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2006-12-16 12:10:10
  • Steatoda bipunctata, female 3787
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2006-12-16 12:10:33
    Image number: 3787
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2006-12-16 12:10:33
  • Steatoda bipunctata, female 3788
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2006-12-16 12:12:07
    Image number: 3788
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2006-12-16 12:12:07
  • Steatoda bipunctata, male 5738
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2012-09-23 11:34:12
    Image number: 5738
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2012-09-23 11:34:12
  • Steatoda bipunctata, male 5751
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2012-09-23 11:42:45
    Image number: 5751
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2012-09-23 11:42:45
  • Steatoda bipunctata, male 7816
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, male, det. Roman Pargätzi
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2017-06-26 14:15:15
    Image number: 7816
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2017-06-26 14:15:15
    det. Roman Pargätzi
  • Steatoda bipunctata, male 7817
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2017-06-27 09:48:04
    Image number: 7817
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2017-06-27 09:48:04
  • Steatoda bipunctata, male 7818
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2017-06-28 09:41:46
    Image number: 7818
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2017-06-28 09:41:46
  • Steatoda bipunctata, male 7819
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2017-06-28 09:40:15
    Image number: 7819
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2017-06-28 09:40:15
  • Steatoda bipunctata, parasitized 7385
    Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gewöhnliche Fettspinne  Common False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda bipunctata, parasitized
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2016-07-19 16:43:32
    Image number: 7385
    parasitized
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2016-07-19 16:43:32

Further vernacular names:
Rabbit Hutch Spider
Distribution:
Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Iran, China. Introduced to South America
Annotation:
In the subfamily of parasitic wasps Pimplinae there is a special group (Polysphincta Genus Group), whose larvae are known as ectoparasitoids of spiders. The larva shown on the last picture possibly belongs to this group.

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