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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Hacklemesh Weavers (Amaurobiidae)
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Large spiders around my house
Copyright © 2013 aaronondrums

Large spiders around my house
Guerneville, Sonoma County, California, USA
September 16, 2013
Size: 1.5-2 inches leg span
I have seen many around the outside of my house and one indoors. There is one that I see occasionally between the cracks in my deck that I have lured out and it may be more like 2.5 inches leg span. This one is a little smaller than the biggest that I have seen, but is still large compared to most other spiders I see around here. Apparently this is a couple living in the hole shown here, which is 3 inches wide.

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Contributed by aaronondrums on 17 September, 2013 - 12:48am
Last updated 17 September, 2013 - 9:31am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. It's similar to Tegenaria, but actually one of the spiders in the family of Hacklemesh Weavers. I think it's probably one of the Callobius species. They aren't medically significant spiders. As mentioned this one is the male and the one in the 'tube' is the female.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 September, 2013 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
Ok, thank you! I appreciate t
Ok, thank you! I appreciate the info. Nice to know a little about these critters that are all over my house.
… aaronondrums, 17 September, 2013 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Male Tegenaria
Lookes like a species of Tengenaria house spider.
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 17 September, 2013 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

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