Wall spider
| Wall spiders Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Oecobius navus | |
| female Oe. navus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oecobiidae |
| Genus: | Oecobius Lucas, 1846 |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| 98 species | |
Wall spider is the common name for members of the genus Oecobius in the family Oecobiidae.
One cosmopolitan species is O. navus (sometimes also called O. annulipes).
One species of interest is Oecobius civitas. When a spider enters the home of another spider, rather than defend itself, the resident leaves to find another one.