Agroeca brunnea

Agroeca brunnea
A. brunnea, adult male
A. brunnea, adult female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Liocranidae
Genus: Agroeca
Species:
A. brunnea
Binomial name
Agroeca brunnea
Blackwall, 1833
Synonyms
  • Agelena brunnea
  • Philoica linotina
  • Agroeca haglundi

Agroeca brunnea is a species of spider in the family Liocranidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm and was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.

The distinctive egg sacs are known colloquially as 'fairy lamps' and the spider itself is sometimes called the 'fairy lamp spider'.