Parasteatoda mundula Female 5mm

Parasteatoda mundula
Theridion mundulum 1872.
Achaearanea mundula 1963
Parasteatoda mundula 2006

Female ♀5mm
20-8-2015 THU TINAGAT BEACH

Males (no image available)
similar to females but smaller, 5mm, with less rounded abdomens.

	Body and legs mostly dark reddish brown especially underneath, to paler greys with white marks bordering darker areas. Abdomen large in relation to the cephalothorax and pea-shaped, sometimes looking squashed and slightly lengthened.


	HABITAGE Parasteatoda mundula hide in dead leaves hanging between low branches. Females build a messy web of folded dead leaves about 1m above the ground, connected to shrubs or small trees, with a scatty platform below.