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Prosoma pale yellowish brown with dark grey pattern. Opisthosoma often with paired, dark spots.
Body length male: 7-10 mm
Epigyne 4 times as broad as long. Prosoma light brownish yellow with darker pattern. Prosoma 2.5-3 mm long. Sternum often uniformly whitish. Opisthosoma often with pairs of light spots.
Body length female: 7-8 mm
Hangs upside down in irregular webs. Originally a Mediterranean cave species, widely distributed in Europe today and frequent in buildings.
Phenology
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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 Pedipalp(Wiehle 1953) |
 Pedipalp(Locket & Millidge 1951) |
 Pedipalp, ventral view(Roberts 1995) |
 Pedipalp(Wiehle 1953) |
 Epigyne(Braendegaard 1966) |
 Epigyne(Heimer & Nentwig 1991) |
 Epigyne(Roberts 1995) |
 Epigyne(Wiehle 1953) |
 Epigyne(Locket & Millidge 1951) |
 Vulva(Wiehle 1953) |
 Habitus(Locket & Millidge 1951) |
 Prosoma, dorsal view (Heimer & Nentwig 1991) |
 Eyes, frontal view (Braendegaard 1966) |
 Chelicerae, ventral view (Locket & Millidge 1951) |
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