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title: "Black Cobweb Spider"
description: "Steatoda capensis — Owady i pająki. Steatoda capensis is a spider originating from South Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/black-cobweb-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black Cobweb Spider

> Steatoda capensis — Owady i pająki. Steatoda capensis is a spider originating from South Africa.

- Scientific name: *Steatoda capensis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 5651
- Wikidata: [Q141843](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141843)
- iNaturalist taxon: [202012](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202012)

## Names

- en: Black Cobweb Spider
- es: Araña parda de casa

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (2366), AU (790), ZA (177), US (59)

## Summary

Steatoda capensis is a spider originating from South Africa. Its common names include  the black cobweb spider, brown house spider, cupboard spider and due to its similarities to the katipō spider it is commonly known as the false katipō in New Zealand.
Common throughout Southern Africa,  it has been introduced into other countries and is now present in Australia and throughout New Zealand.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jaco Grundling · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7431677

## Machine access

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