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    (c) Óscar Mendez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Ken Schneider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Frederik Leck Fischer, all rights reserved

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    (c) Vicky555, all rights reserved

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    (c) Shannon Stoner, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Roberto Daniel Avila, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Wall Spider

Oecobius navus

Worldwide
10,075 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Oecobius navus is a small cosmopolitan cribellate spider species of about 2-3mm. It is light grey with darkly annulated legs. It builds flat webs with lateral openings with a diameter of about 3 cm under rocks, on ceilings and along the corners of walls with protruding signaling threads.

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