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Wall spider

Oecobius navus Blackwall, 1859

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The wall spider (Oecobius navus) is a species in the family Oecobiidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 2.35 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Brazil, Greece and Israel.

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Quick facts about the wall spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2.35 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the wall spider?

WALL SPIDER · LENGTH 2.35 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.35 mm, the recorded maximum length of the wall spider is about 0.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the wall spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The wall spider is listed for 5 countries.

South AfricaBrazilIsraelGreeceJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil
  2. Greece
  3. Israel
  4. Japan
  5. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wall spider as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Canada
  3. Canary Islands
  4. South Africa
  5. United Kingdom
  6. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the wall spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the wall spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyOecobiidae
  6. genusOecobius
  7. SpeciesOecobius navus Blackwall, 1859

Synonyms Hersiliola brachyplura, Hersiliola brachyplura demaculata, Oecobius annulipes, Oecobius annulipes hachijoensis, Oecobius annulipes immaculatus, Oecobius brachyplura, Oecobius brachyplura demaculatus, Oecobius fluminensis, Oecobius hammondi, Oecobius hortensis, Oecobius immaculatus, Oecobius ionicus, Oecobius keyserlingi, Oecobius maculatus, Oecobius navus hachijoensis, Oecobius nipponicus, Oecobius parietalis, Oecobius trifidivulva, Oecobius variabilis, Omanus maculatus, Thalamia annulipes, Thalamia parietalis

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Baseboard spiderEnglish
  • Cosmopolitan midget house spiderEnglish
  • House ant-eating spiderEnglish
  • Rondekop-huismiervreterAfrikaans
  • kruháč pilnýCzech
  • Almindelig stjernebenedderkopDanish
  • Zitrus-KreiselspinneGerman
  • Araña cosmopolita enanaSpanish
  • hyrrätalokkiFinnish
  • דרפינהHebrew
  • チリグモJapanese
  • 티끌거미Korean
  • HuisspiraalspinDutch
  • Экобиус активныйRussian
  • 船形擬壁錢Chinese
  • 船形埃蛛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wall spider

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the wall spider?

An adult wall spider measures 2.35 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the wall spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the wall spider for 5 countries: Brazil, Greece, Israel, Japan and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the wall spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wall spider as introduced in 6 countries, including Belgium, Canada, Canary Islands, South Africa and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the wall spider?

The wall spider (Oecobius navus) belongs to the family Oecobiidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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@misc{wall_spider_2026,
  title = {Wall spider (Oecobius navus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wall-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}