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Window Lace-weaver

Amaurobius fenestralis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) frans-jansnoek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	4,306
Alaska	4,306
Germany	53
United Kingdom	37
England	30
Sweden	30
Poland	28
Hessen	19
Stockholms län	16
Austria	16

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

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Arachnids · Arachnida
Order	Spiders · Araneae
Family	Hackledmesh Weavers · Amaurobiidae
Genus	Lace web spiders · Amaurobius

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

Practise Window Lace-weaver with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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