This spider occurs almost exclusivley in association with man. It can be found in the corners of houses garages and sheds where it feeds on anything that stumbles into its web (often woodlice). It's web is a tangle of criss-cross threads that is typical of theridiids. The intensity of the colouring is variable between individuals but the patterning is fairly consisitant.

Above: eating a wasp.

Above: A female Steatoda bipunctata

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