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title: "Common six-spotted cobweaver"
description: "Rugathodes sexpunctatus — Insetos e aranhas. Rugathodes sexpunctatus is a minute species of spider in the family Theridiidae, the cobweb or tangle-web spiders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-six-spotted-cobweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common six-spotted cobweaver

> Rugathodes sexpunctatus — Insetos e aranhas. Rugathodes sexpunctatus is a minute species of spider in the family Theridiidae, the cobweb or tangle-web spiders.

- Scientific name: *Rugathodes sexpunctatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 569
- Wikidata: [Q2348584](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2348584)
- iNaturalist taxon: [230328](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/230328)

## Names

- en: Common six-spotted cobweaver

## Countries with the most observations

US (133), CA (53)

## Summary

Rugathodes sexpunctatus is a minute species of spider in the family Theridiidae, the cobweb or tangle-web spiders. This family includes the medically important genus Latrodectus—the widow spiders. The species in the genus Rugathodes are too small to be dangerous to humans. Very little is known about most species in this genus.

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

## Photo

![Common six-spotted cobweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-six-spotted-cobweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ellyne Geurts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82616955

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-six-spotted-cobweaver?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).