Common/House Spider

Where does the Common/House Spider live, what is its habitat?
This spider can be found around houses and gardens, the most common place to find them is in log piles and garden sheds

What is the average life span of the Common/House Spider?
This type of spider lives for several years

Does the Common/House Spider have good eyesight?
Generally speaking the Common/House Spider has poor eyesight and they remain on their web and wait for their prey to come to them rather than hunting for it

Facts and Information about the Common/House Spider
Did you know the following facts about the arachnid commonly known as the Common/House Spider?

• Fact One - Common/House spiders can be found world wide

• Fact Two - They are common throughout Britain, specially in the south

• Fact Three - They can survive months without any food or water

• Fact Four - Normally a male spider is found in a bath or sink having fallen in looking for a female

• Fact Five - When a male finds a female, he will stay with her for some weeks

• Fact Six - During their time together the male and female will mate a few times

• Fact Seven - The female does not kill the male, but she does eat him after he has died

Classification of the Common/House Spider
Species of spiders are classified according to shared physical characteristics. Spider taxonomy is the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms in a hierarchical system. This method of classification helps when a description of 40,000 spiders is required! The organization of living things have seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. The classification of the Common/House Spider is as follows:

Common/House Spider Kingdom: Animalia
(Kingdom relates to the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia) :

Common/House Spider Class: Arachnida
A Class is a taxonomic group containing one or more orders. Arachnid  consist of any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida

Common/House Spider Order: Araneae
A taxonomic order, within the class Arachnida (spiders)

Common/House Spider Subclass:
The Subclass is nother taxonomic category below a class and above an order which helps in the classification process

Common/House Spider Family: Agelenidae
Another taxonomic category below an order and above a genus which helps in the classification process.

Common/House Spider Genus: Tegenaria
Another taxonomic category below a family and above the level of species which helps in the classification process.

Common/House Spider Species: T. domestica
Specis is a taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.

Spider Exterminators - Pest Control 
Generally speaking, people do not like spiders especially Common/House Spiders and most of all, do not want them in their homes! There are many forms of pest control and ways to exterminate spiders such as Common/House Spiders. There are spider exterminators, services, spider zappers, spider traps, spider repeller, spider catchers, spider traps for the removal and extermination process. Advice is available on subjects such as pest controls, pest prevention, spider catchers, spider exterminators and how to kill spiders like Common/House Spiders. Some people would like to eliminate spiders from there homes completely, this can be very difficult as an open window on a summers day will allow spiders in, even opening your front door when entering and leaving will allow pesky spiders in. It is very easy to get rid of Common/House Spiders by catching them yourself. Its best not to kill spiders as they are very important in controlling the level of other insects that are pests.