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Charcoal Spider

Tegenaria ferruginea

2,566 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 54, February 40, March 62, April 98, May 141, June 154, July 164, August 141, September 104, October 77, November 42, December 33.
United States1,110
Alaska1,110
Germany250
Poland127
Denmark69
Austria65
Niedersachsen53
Czechia51
Bayern48
Masovian Voivodeship39

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

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