Tegenaria
Sign in to saveTegenaria is a genus of fast-running funnel weavers that occupies much of the Northern Hemisphere except for Japan and Indonesia. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, though many of its species have been moved elsewhere. The majority of these were moved to Eratigena, including the giant house spider (Eratigena atrica) and the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis).
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Giant House Spider
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAgelenidae
Observations15,692
Grouparachnida
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Tegenaria is a genus of fast-running funnel weavers that occupies much of the Northern Hemisphere except for Japan and Indonesia. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, though many of its species have been moved elsewhere. The majority of these were moved to Eratigena, including the giant house spider (Eratigena atrica) and the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis).
==Life style== They construct a typical non-sticky funnel web with flat open sheet like area, usually in dark corners, commonly in outbuildings.