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Giant House Spider

Eratigena atrica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 345, February 255, March 399, April 628, May 905, June 987, July 1,056, August 908, September 667, October 498, November 272, December 213.
United States7,146
Alaska7,130
Germany1,158
Denmark981
Poland756
Sweden469
Austria327
Midtjylland308
Czechia273
Nova Scotia232

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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