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Giant House Spider

Eratigena atrica

Photo by EmmyLeeAnne
Published on Project Noah
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47.1934, -122.256

Field Notes

Description:

Big scary spider. Leg span is maybe an inch or so, maybe an inch and a half. Pretty long pedipalps. Brown with some dark brown/black markings.

Habitat:

Dark areas, that's probably why it was under my couch.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
http://www.spiders.us/species/eratigena-atrica/
Mark Ridgway
Welcome to ProjectNoah. You're right it does look like male Eratigena atrica but I don't know US arachnids much.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2017

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