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House Spider (was - Large Spider)

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  • 25-06-2012 6:46pm
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    ChazyP
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    found this large spider under the deck when i was ripping it up , anyone got any idea what spider it is ?
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    sf80
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭sf80


    Just a european house spider or relative. Related to the funnel web spider. Territorial hunters, shy; see them wandering mostly at night unless you disturb them


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    ChazyP
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭ChazyP


    Thanks , seen it around a few times , now i know


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    sf80
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭sf80


    Tegenaria domestica is the latin name


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    bluugirl
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭bluugirl


    Saw one of those for the first time the last day and looked it up in a book we have at home it looks like an "amaurobius similis" usually found behind bark on walls and on fences.


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    sf80
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭sf80


    I think amaurobius similis has different markings on the abdomen. Markings look like tegenaria domestica, a female one (male has a more elongated abdomen)


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    Desmo
    Registered Users Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Desmo


    It is a Tegenaria alright; Amaurobius are common in gardens but the markings on the abdomen are Tegenaria.

    Des


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