Anelosimus species

Fact Box Species: Anelosimus species (Identified by Greg Anderson) Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 3.5 mm male: about 2 mm Habitat: This species lives in a small tangled web stretched across a V-shaped dead twig; the female occupies a retreat in the centre of the web and also deposits at least one spherical white egg sac there Toxicity: Too small to be a hazard to humans

Underneath female Its web In its retreat

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Several small araneids, theridiids and linyphiids.