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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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Basement Dweller - Amaurobius ferox - female
Copyright © 2013 Peter J. Crockett

Basement Dweller - Amaurobius ferox - Female
Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, USA
April 16, 2013
Size: Body: 12mm
Found on the basement wall, not in a web.

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Contributed by Peter J. Crockett on 16 April, 2013 - 10:44am
Last updated 8 January, 2019 - 9:53pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 April, 2013 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Moved for further attention.
… Kyron Basu, 18 April, 2013 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

mind you
I am not a spider expert..but I think this is a hacklemesh weaver..had one in my sock once.
… Edna Woodward, 16 April, 2013 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Hacklemesh weaver
Agreed. I'd suggest genus Amaurobius. Maybe A. ferox, though I'm not sure if there might be others with similar patterns in your area.

Great shots.
… Kyron Basu, 17 April, 2013 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
That seems likely to me, too.
I added a ventral view in case that helps with ID.
… Peter J. Crockett, 17 April, 2013 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

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