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Description of Parasteatoda lunata
Physical Characteristics
Female 2.5 to 6 mm.
Abdomen red or black with white spots on the front. Orange brown with slanting white stripes and black spots on top.
Carapace dark reddish brown to black-brown.
Legs pale brown with variable dark annulations.
Palps pale brown to dark brown.
Male 2.5 to 5 mm.
Markings and colours almost identical to the female.
Habitat
In trees.
Distribution
Common in the whole of Europe.
Period
Spring and summer.