cobweb spider

English

A cobweb spider (Enoplognatha ovata)

Noun

cobweb spider (plural cobweb spiders)

1. 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

• tangle web spider, tangle-web spider; comb-footed spider

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

• German: Kugelspinne f, Haubennetzspinne f

References

• Theridiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Theridiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Theridiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons