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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Funnel Weavers (Agelenidae) » Ageleninae » Eratigena
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Basement spider - Eratigena
Copyright © 2009 Phil Wesner

Basement spider - Eratigena
Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
January 14, 2009
Size: 2.5" (including legs)
We have found several of these spiders in our basement. The basement is dry and heated. Needless to say my wife is not found of them and would like to know more about this specie. We see them from time to time and always alone.
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Contributed by Phil Wesner on 19 January, 2009 - 8:48pm
Last updated 17 April, 2018 - 12:24pm

Moved
Moved from Giant House Spider.
The synonymy between the three species was reversed.
… Laura P., 17 April, 2018 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eratigena. Sorry about the additional move. Recent taxonomic changes make it so we don't have to distinguish between duellica, atrica, and saeva now because they are synonymized. Now all are known as Eratigena atrica. http://bugguide.net/node/view/832892
… Mandy Howe, 1 October, 2013 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tegenaria.
… Mandy Howe, 17 September, 2013 - 2:49am login or register to post comments

Funnel-web spider
It looks like one of the Tegenaria to me. I think you should capture a live specimen and take it to your local extension office if you want an ID to species. Some spiders can't be ID'd to species without close examination by an expert. That being said, I think for your region it might be Tegenaria domestica.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 January, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

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