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Parasteatoda tepidarioruma (Common House spider)
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Size: 0.2—0.3 inches long (body only).
Damage type: Stab (jaws), Venom (venom), Sticky (silk)
Damage level: High Aphid-class (jaws), mid-Worm-class (venom) {partially paralyzed a stone centipede in the wild}, high Ladybug-class (silk) {wrapped up a stone centipede in the wild}
Armor durability level: Flea-class
Immune system durability level: Likely low Wolf-class {possibly survived a bite from a Grass spider}
Speed level: Ant-class
Eyesight level: Low Ant-class
Intelligence level: Likely Beetle-class {smart enough to wrap prey up with silk}
Fighting behavior: Leave it in a small container with the enemy and it will probably attack eventually, depending on the size of the container.
Fights:
Vs Hackledmesh Weaver (Callobius)
Vs Hackledmesh Weaver (Callobius) (rematch)
Vs Grass spider (Agelenopsis)
Vs Striped jumping spider (Platycryptus californicus)
Vs Grass spider (Agelenopsis) (rematch)
Vs Grass spider (Agelenopsis) (second rematch)
Vs Goldenrod Crab spider (Misumena vatia)
Vs Nursery Web spider (Pisaurid)
Vs Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata)
Fighting average: 0.44
How to get: In and around houses, especially in corners. They have thick, messy-looking webs.
Care: Let them spin a web and feed them flies and smaller spiders.