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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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Unknown Black Spider - Amaurobius ferox - female
Copyright © 2010 Jehni

Unknown Black Spider - Amaurobius ferox - Female
Farmington, Kent County, Delaware, USA
May 15, 2010
Was found in my old shed. It was roughly larger then a quarter in size (leg span included)
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Contributed by Jehni on 15 May, 2010 - 10:45am
Last updated 13 August, 2018 - 4:27am

Moved
Moved from Frass.
Data point for DE.
… Laura P., 12 August, 2018 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Good
catch
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 13 August, 2018 - 4:28am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 12 August, 2018 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Entelegynes .
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 30 July, 2018 - 5:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 March, 2011 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 13 June, 2010 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

Hacklemesh weaver?
I'll be curious as to other opinions, but this reminds me most of the family Amaurobiidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 May, 2010 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Corinnidae?
I thought the eyes looked sac spiderish to me, so I checked that guide page. I saw that Trachelas had been removed from that family to Corinnidae, and as soon as I saw the word Trachelas I thought that's what this looks like. I wonder if this could be one of the ones we don't have in the guide?

EDIT: Well, scratch that idea. It looks like there is only one species in the northeast and that's tranquillus. I'm going to look at the other spiders in the family.
… Lynette Elliott, 20 June, 2010 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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