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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Hacklemesh Weavers (Amaurobiidae)
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Spider-- brown, black and red - male
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Spider-- brown, black and red - Male
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 22, 2007
Size: 1 &1/2 cm
Never saw one like this before. EEK!
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 23 April, 2007 - 11:44am
Last updated 2 May, 2007 - 3:48pm

Male.
Ok, so you figured that out, too:-) I suspect this is one of the hacklemesh weavers, family Amaurobiidae. They get pretty large and intimidating.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 April, 2007 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
It sure does look like one of
It sure does look like one of those. It was large and well-this one scared me! I'm going to hunt him down again and see if I can get a better photo-my hands were shaking!
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 23 April, 2007 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

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