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Amaurobius ferox
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Copyright © 2005
Sue House-Hepburn
Found in my house -
Amaurobius ferox
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St. Catharines, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
December 20, 2005
found this little guy in my basement bathroom sink -- can anyone identify it? Is is harmful?
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Contributed by
Sue House-Hepburn
on 21 December, 2005 - 11:16pm
Last updated 8 September, 2013 - 6:35pm
Moved
Moved from
Coras
. Happened upon this one and noticed it was misplaced. There's also
Amaurobius borealis
in Ontario, but it looks different enough to conclude this is most likely
A. ferox
(adult male).
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Mandy Howe
, 8 September, 2013 - 6:35pm
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Male
I do not know, but I can say it is a male. The "clubbed" pedipalps are how one can tell.
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Sean McCann
, 22 December, 2005 - 9:57am
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Not harmful.
Whatever this is, it is not dangerous to humans. Spiders that ARE dangerous, in North America, include only the widows (Latrodectus spp.), the brown spiders (Loxosceles spp.), and maybe the "hobo spider" (Tegeneria agrestis). Naturally, anyone with sensitivity to insect stings and other arthropod venoms should probably avoid close contact with any spider. This specimen might be a male hackled-mesh weaver, family Amaurobiidae.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 22 December, 2005 - 10:32am
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