Cobweb Spider – Steatoda triangulosa

Cobweb spiders undergo simple metamorphosis: all spiders' young hatch from eggs and look like tiny adults. They shed their skin as they grow. Common in North America, these little gals can be found almost anywhere there are weeds, fences, trees, walls, or other upright structures on which to build their webs. Cobweb spiders are predators, and they will eat almost anything that is small enough to get trapped in their webs.

Like most web-building spiders, cobweb spiders tend to have poor vision – they don't need to see very well because they can "feel" prey when it gets caught in their webs. Most cobweb spiders are considered beneficial to humans. They eat flies, mosquitoes, flies, and other spiders.