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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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Amaurobius ferox adult male - Amaurobius ferox - male
Copyright © 2013 Sherry

Amaurobius ferox adult male - Amaurobius ferox - Male
Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
December 24, 2013
Size: body 3/4", total 1.5"
This spider came in a roll of burlap I ordered that was shipped from Grand Rapids, MI. Not sure which states he is native to.

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Contributed by Sherry on 24 December, 2013 - 7:07pm
Last updated 28 December, 2013 - 9:14am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 28 December, 2013 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Amaurobius ferox
Your spider might be Amaurobius ferox. Compare with


Don't worry it's not one of the medically significant spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 December, 2013 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Yes! I think you have ID'ed my spider! I am so happy I can set him free. I now wonder if he came from my house or in the burlap from Michigan?
… Sherry, 24 December, 2013 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Can't help with the ID, unfor
Can't help with the ID, unfortunately, as I am completely useless when it comes to our eight-legged friends.

If I'm not mistaken, those "boxing gloves" are pedipalps - sperm packet transfer appendages - and so this is a gentleman spider.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 24 December, 2013 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! In the meantime I did
Thanks! In the meantime I did read up on spiders here at BugGuide and did learn that much. It is nice to know he looks like a he because he is a he. ;-) I would love to ID him in the hopes that he can be released. He is currently a prisoner but he does have water and I found him a little bug in case he gets hungry.
… Sherry, 24 December, 2013 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

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