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Noble False Widow
Noble False Widow
Steatoda nobilis
Arachnida
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
1-5 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Subtropical scrub
Range
Macaronesia
Movement
Climbing
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Venom
Status
Common

About

Noble False Widow spiders are medium-sized, with a body length of 1 to 1.5 inches. They are often mistaken for the black widow spider, but their venom is not as potent.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg sac
    A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Theridiidae
Genus
Steatoda
Species
Steatoda nobilis