Stiphidion facetum is a species of spider in the genus Stiphidion native to Australia and also found in New Zealand.
Invasions The species of spider is competitive and willing to invade foreign webs. They are knowledgeable in that existing spider webs are made in prey rich environments, meaning there are incoming resources. The species that are more likely to survive invading another's home are the larger sheet web spiders.
Diet This species is greatly affected by the maternal diet, which drastically influences offspring survivorship. When a female consumes high-protein prey, her offspring are more likely to survive longer, grow faster, and produce daughters that are more reproductively successful.
References
EICHENBERGER, B., SIEGENTHALER, E., & SCHMIDT-ENTLING, M. H. (2009). Body size determines the outcome of competition for webs among alien and native sheetweb spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Ecological Entomology, 34(3), 363–368.
Wen, L., Zhang, Z., Zhang, S., Liu, F., Jiao, X., & Li, D. (2020). Influence of maternal diet on offspring survivorship, growth, and reproduction in a sheetweb spider. Biology Open, 9(11).