Maitry Jani, John T.D. Caleb, Vena Kapoor, Siddharth Kulkarni, Divya Uma Journal of Arachnology 51(1), 57-62, (15 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-22-004. Spiders in the family Eresidae live in large, long-lasting colonies with a dense silken nest where spiders reside in complex capture webs. Social spider colonies contain several organisms apart from the host spiders, yet little is known about the foreign species and their roles. In this study, we cataloged foreign animals found in the nests and webs of the Indian social spider Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892 from different sites in India.