11. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider . 12. This species is primarily a house spider , and builds webs in dark corners of buildings and other man-made structures. 13. The giant house spider ( " Tegenaria duellica " ), for example, regularly reaches 4 inches in legspan. 14. Anyway, he says I'm the only person he knows who considers the discovery of two house spiders a seasonal infestation. 15. In 2007 artist Elizabeth Thompson created a 200-kilogram sculpture of a house spider using Blu-Tack over a wire frame. 16. "All we have in England, " she says, " are house spiders , which are harmless ." 17. Another large genus is " Parasteatoda ", previously " Achaearanea ", which includes the North American common house spider . 18. One of the most abundant members of this family in the Americas is the southern house spider ( " Kukulcania hibernalis " ). 19. How long can the average house spider go without food ? The preceding talk ) 09 : 07, 16 April 2007 ( UTC ). 20. :There is really no such thing as a " house spider ", which is a generic term for a number of species.