cobweb spider
English
Noun
cobweb spider (plural cobweb spiders)
- Any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- funnel-web spider (Atracidae, Macrothelidae), purseweb spider (Atypidae), scaffold web spider (Nesticidae), pan-web spider (Cyrtophora exanthematica, in Araneidae), tube-web spider (Segestriidae), orb-web spider (Araneidae)
Translations
any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae
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References
- Theridiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Theridiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Theridiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons