Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Amaurobiidae - Hacklemesh Weavers

Small Spider Araneae 04 - Callobius Callobius? - Pimus Spider Crawling on Forest Trail Severus - Callobius severus - male #4 spider for Rod - Callobius pictus Epigynum - Wadotes - female spider - Callobius - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers)
Numbers
97 species in 10 genera. (1)
Size
1.3-20.0 mm.
Habitat
"Most amaurobiids occur in cryptozoic habitats on the forest floor, in and under decomposing logs, in leaf litter, and under rocks. Some... are found in the bark cavities of standing trees and others have been recorded from rocky grasslands, buildings and caves". (1)
Remarks
The placement of some images to genus and species in this family may be questionable as many are similar and hard to distinguish from photos alone.
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)