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title: "Black House Spider"
description: "Badumna insignis — Insecten en spinnen. The black house spider or common black spider (Badumna insignis) is a common species of cribellate Australian spider, introduced to New Zealand and Japan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-house-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black House Spider

> Badumna insignis — Insecten en spinnen. The black house spider or common black spider (Badumna insignis) is a common species of cribellate Australian spider, introduced to New Zealand and Japan.

- Scientific name: *Badumna insignis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 4907
- Wikidata: [Q4922350](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4922350)
- iNaturalist taxon: [127244](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127244)

## Names

- en: Black House Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1368), NZ (48), JP (24)

## Summary

The black house spider or common black spider (Badumna insignis) is a common species of cribellate Australian spider, introduced to New Zealand and Japan. A closely related species, Badumna longinqua, the grey house spider, has a similar distribution, but has also been introduced to the Americas.
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch described Badumna insignis in 1872.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_house_spider

## Photo

![Black House Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-house-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: evaladyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325824857

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-house-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).