Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834) is a animal in the Theridiidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834)
Paidiscura pallens is a comb-footed spider with females making distinctive white sputnik-shaped egg cocoons on oak leaves.
Paidiscura pallens is a species of comb-footed spider that belongs to the family Theridiidae. Its known distribution covers the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Great Britain. Females of this species create distinct, white egg cocoons shaped like a sputnik. These egg cocoons are usually built on oak leaves, and the female spiders often stay close to their cocoons after building them.
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