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![(Steatoda albomaculata - BIOUG36746-B04) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LFBC/BIOUG36746-B04%2B1524071030.jpg "(Steatoda albomaculata - BIOUG36746-B04) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018)")
![(Steatoda anchorata - DPO-4046) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016) Dante Poy Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPDAR/DPO-0046_Steatoda_ancorata_ff_habitus_dorsal%2B1478893714.jpg "(Steatoda anchorata - DPO-4046) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016)")
![(Steatoda bipunctata - BIOUG00199-B01) @13 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPIRU/BIOUG00199-B01%2B1293209036.JPG "(Steatoda bipunctata - BIOUG00199-B01) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Steatoda borealis - BIOUG00530-F08) @13 [ ] CC-0 G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPICA/BIOUG00530-F08%2B1296856570.JPG "(Steatoda borealis - BIOUG00530-F08) {} [ ] CC-0")
![(Steatoda capensis - NZSPI312) @15 [ ] Copyright (2014) University of Waikato University of Waikato](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NZSPI/IMG_4445%2B1416406758.JPG "(Steatoda capensis - NZSPI312) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Steatoda castanea - 03-KADIR-E07) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Gergin Blagoev Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TURAR/03-KADIR-E07%2B1268433734.JPG "(Steatoda castanea - 03-KADIR-E07) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution")
![(Steatoda cf. hespera - BIOUG32586-A05) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ELPCG/BIOUG32586-A05%2B1516800330.jpg "(Steatoda cf. hespera - BIOUG32586-A05) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2018)")
![(Steatoda cingulata - PP12) @12 [ ] Copyright (2013) Dr.G.D. Khedkar Paul Hebert Center for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPI/DSC_1743%2B1396888860.JPG "(Steatoda cingulata - PP12) {} [ ] Copyright (2013)")
![(Steatoda erigoniformis - KBGPS57) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Unspecified National Collection of Arachnida (NCA)](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/KBGPS/NCA_2018-945%2B1544089620.jpeg "(Steatoda erigoniformis - KBGPS57) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018)")
![(Steatoda grossa - AKO_001867) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2015) Marko Mutanen University of Oulu](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CHEFI/AKO_001867%2B1428726374.JPG "(Steatoda grossa - AKO_001867) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2015)")
![(Steatoda hespera - BIOUG00166-D10) @13 [ ] CC-0 G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPICA/BIOUG00166-D10%2B1288273414.JPG "(Steatoda hespera - BIOUG00166-D10) {} [ ] CC-0")
![(Steatoda iheringi - IFM-0492) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified MACN](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPDAR/LNP-1630_Steatoda_iheringi_ff_habitus_dorsal%2B1458147340.jpg "(Steatoda iheringi - IFM-0492) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Steatoda mormorata - Stma F NCA 2021 174) @11 [ ] Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (by-sa) (2021) Charles Haddad University of the Free State](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPIZA/CCDB_29933_H7_Stma_NCA_2021_174_F_do%2B1152990372.JPG "(Steatoda mormorata - Stma F NCA 2021 174) {} [ ] Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (by-sa) (2021)")
![(Steatoda nobilis - CBG-B00508-C01) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SERIM/CBG-B00508-C01%2B1755178234.jpg "(Steatoda nobilis - CBG-B00508-C01) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025)")
![(Steatoda paykulliana - BIOUG00524-A12) @13 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2010 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TURAR/BIOUG00524-A12%2B1296232054.JPG "(Steatoda paykulliana - BIOUG00524-A12) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Steatoda sabulosa - IFM-0479) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified MACN](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPDAR/IFM-0567_Steatoda_sabulosa_ff_habitus_dorsal%2B1458147316.jpg "(Steatoda sabulosa - IFM-0479) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Steatoda sp - CNP-CEI-0056) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2014) Fernando Martinez CENPAT](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TAPAT/CNPCEI0056%2B1408048058.jpg "(Steatoda sp - CNP-CEI-0056) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved (2014)")
![(Steatoda sp. 1GAB - CCDB-05293-E05) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) Gergin Blagoev Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBUSS/CCDB-05293-E05%2B1262031252.JPG "(Steatoda sp. 1GAB - CCDB-05293-E05) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Steatoda sp. 2GAB - BIOUG01579-D07) @14 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2011 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBUSE/01579-D07%2B1327674120.JPG "(Steatoda sp. 2GAB - BIOUG01579-D07) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Steatoda sp. 3GAB - BIOUG01579-C09) @12 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2011 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBUSE/01579-C09%2B1327673540.JPG "(Steatoda sp. 3GAB - BIOUG01579-C09) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Steatoda sp. 4GAB - BIOUG25728-C08) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBUSU/BIOUG25728-C08%2B1449773244.jpg "(Steatoda sp. 4GAB - BIOUG25728-C08) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015)")
![(Steatoda sp. 7GAB - BIOUG00888-G01) @13 [ ] Copyright G. Blagoev 2011 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBUSE/00888-G01%2B1328102972.JPG "(Steatoda sp. 7GAB - BIOUG00888-G01) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Steatoda triangulosa - BIOUG01962-B02) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBUSE/BIOUG01962-B02%2B1377192780.jpg "(Steatoda triangulosa - BIOUG01962-B02) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013)")
![(Steatoda truncata - NZSPI280) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) University of Waikato University of Waikato](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NZSPI/IMG_3490%2B1406293562.JPG "(Steatoda truncata - NZSPI280) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Steatoda washona - BIOUG07163-H08) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013) G. Blagoev Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ARBCM/BIUG07163-H08%2B1376061332.JPG "(Steatoda washona - BIOUG07163-H08) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2013)")
