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Barn Funnel Weaver

Tegenaria domestica

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 140, February 103, March 162, April 254, May 367, June 400, July 428, August 368, September 270, October 202, November 110, December 86.
United States6,371
Alaska2,889
Canada1,423
Colorado582
Ontario555
Alberta438
British Columbia376
Utah331
Washington263
Ohio206

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyFunnel Weavers · Agelenidae
GenusBarn Funnel Weavers and allies · Tegenaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Barn Funnel Weaver with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.