Steatoda bipunctata
(Rabbit Hutch Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Steatoda bipunctata, commonly known as Rabbit Hutch Spider, belongs to the genus Steatoda, in the family Theridiidae. Steatoda bipunctata spiders have been sighted 16 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Steatoda bipunctata includes 6 countries and 1 states in the United States. Steatoda bipunctata is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Steatoda
Species: Steatoda bipunctata

Other Common Names

Rabbit Hutch Spider

Author

Carl Linnaeus, 1758

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Sightings Overview

There have been 16 confirmed sightings of Steatoda bipunctata (Rabbit Hutch Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 4, 2019 by Spider ID member e-l. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 16 sightings because of certain Steatoda bipunctata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 44% of the time, Steatoda bipunctata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 16)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Steatoda bipunctata has been sighted 5 times outdoors, and 11 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (5).

Location and Range

Steatoda bipunctata (Rabbit Hutch Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

Steatoda bipunctata has also been sighted in the following states: Washington.