Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Arthropod Samples in September 2014

Tangle Web Spider (Theridiidae)

Scientific Name: Steatoda spp.

tangle web spider

tangle web spider

tangle web spider

Photo(s): Joseph Berger

Type: Plant pest

Situation: Found in household

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Penn State University

*Links on the page are not intended as authoritative sources of management information. Established links allow users to view pictures of pests and find general biology and control information; for Utah-specific control recommendations please contact the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab @ 435-797-2435. Pictures above are not always the exact species identified, but are representative photos of submitted samples.