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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Funnel Weavers (Agelenidae) » Ageleninae » Eratigena » Giant House Spider (Eratigena duellica)
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Tenegaria duellica-Giant House Spider - Eratigena duellica
Copyright © 2010 CCoon

Tenegaria duellica-Giant House Spider - Eratigena duellica
Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
August 23, 2010

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Contributed by CCoon on 30 September, 2010 - 2:05am
Last updated 1 October, 2010 - 9:57am

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Moved from ID Request. This is actually a male. You can see his swollen palps in this image quite well.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 October, 2010 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the correction.
Thank you for the correction. I just assumed it was a female because of the size. This was probably the largest male that I have ever seen then!
… CCoon, 1 October, 2010 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

Large Male
This large male was hiding between the door and the frame of a sliding glass door in a house in Victoria. I grew up there, and these are the ubiquitous spider: in every attic, basement, shed and woodpile. They are the fastest true spider in the world, capable of almost 10 feet (3 meters) a second. They're also the biggest spider around. These traits, and the males' penchant for racing across floors and out of drains in their Autumn search for females has led to many raised heart rates among the resident arachnophobes.
… CCoon, 30 September, 2010 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

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