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Giant House Spider

Eratigena duellica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 214, February 188, March 214, April 284, May 357, June 273, July 248, August 440, September 381, October 198, November 173, December 198.
United States5,021
Washington4,231
British Columbia3,195
Oregon2,192
Canada1,890
Alaska1,201
United Kingdom424
England362
Alberta77
Scotland33

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
GenusEratigena

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