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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Filistatidae » Kukulcania » Southern House Spider (Kukulcania hibernalis)
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Large black and gray spider in a funnel shaped web. - Kukulcania hibernalis - female
Copyright © 2012 Dave Blaze

Large black and gray spider in a funnel shaped web. - Kukulcania hibernalis - Female
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
April 9, 2012
Size: 1.25"
This spider lives in the upper part of the window in our apartment in Birmigham, AL. This spider is fairly large, fuzzy and black with a gray abdomen. She catches flies by darting out, grabs the fly and scurries back into her webs hole. A day or so later, she will discard the fly's dried out carcass.

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Large black and gray spider in a funnel shaped web. - Kukulcania hibernalis - female Large black and gray spider in a funnel shaped web. - Kukulcania hibernalis - female
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Contributed by Dave Blaze on 9 April, 2012 - 7:31pm
Last updated 10 April, 2012 - 8:53am

Kukulcania hibernalis
I'm using this image on the genus info page. Thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2012 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Nice shots. I like the way they show the spider and the web.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 April, 2012 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

Kukulcania hibernalis - Southern House Spider
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