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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Hacklemesh Weavers (Amaurobiidae) » Amaurobius » Amaurobius ferox
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Little Brown House Spider ??? - Amaurobius ferox
Copyright © 2006 PDegginger

Little Brown House Spider ??? - Amaurobius ferox
House in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
July 1, 2006
Size: 3/4 inch
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Contributed by PDegginger on 2 July, 2006 - 4:18pm
Last updated 26 August, 2012 - 9:29pm

Moved
Moved from Entelegynes .

From Mandy Howe:
Pretty sure this is Amaurobius. I have found that the abdominal pattern is reliable (this spider is lighter tho, probably just molted)... most likely A. ferox in the northeast - a common imported species associated with humans.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 August, 2012 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 March, 2011 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

Is this Amaurobiidae
Is this Amaurobiidae
… john and jane balaban, 13 August, 2006 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Could be
I wish there were more images. I'd like to see the full dorsal pattern and the spinnerets.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 February, 2011 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

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