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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Spiders - Arachnida
      - Order - Spiders - Araneae
        
        Family - (Theridiidae) - Theridiidae
        
        Species - Common House Spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Common House Spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Other Names: Achaearanea tepidariorum

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Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNR

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Citation for data on this website:
Common House Spider — Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on February 22, 2026, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=ILARA61010