The name house spider is a generic term for 11 different spiders commonly found around human dwellings, and may refer to their common name:

• Yellow sac spider, Cheiracanthium inclusum, a common spider worldwide often found in dwellings
• Black house spider, Badumna insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand
• Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution
• American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider
• Cellar spider, of the family Pholcidae, also known as daddy long-legs in North America
• Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica, also known as barn weaver in North America
• Giant house spider, Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea)
• Hobo spider, Eratigena agrestis (sometimes known as aggressive house spider)
• Geometric house spider or house button spider, Latrodectus geometricus (more commonly known as the brown widow)
• Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
• Tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus

Disambiguation gallery

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  Yellow sac spider , Chiracanthium inclusum, a common house spider worldwide
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  Black house spider, Badumna insignis, an Australian spider also found in New Zealand
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  American house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, a cobweb spider
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  Brown house spider, Steatoda grossa, a spider with cosmopolitan distribution
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  Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis
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  Hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis (sometimes called the aggressive house spider)
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  Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica
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  Cellar spiders, of the family Pholcidae
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  Giant house spider, Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea)
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  Geometric house spider, Latrodectus geometricus
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  Tiny house spider, Oonops domesticus

Index of animals with the same common name

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