Urban Spiders

A new paper shows that Steatoda nobilis and Zygiella x-notata typically made up more than 80% of the urban spiders in an Irish survey. 

Collier, B. L., Leonard, D., Lyons, K., Dunbar, J. P., Lawton, C., & Dugon, M. M. (2026). Survey of Synanthropic Spiders in Ireland Reveals Expansion and Dominance of the Invasive Noble False Widow Steatoda nobilis in Urban Habitats (Araneae: Theridiidae). Ecology and Evolution, 16(3), e73193.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73193