Skip to main content
Today is World Environment Day!
Close

Hacklemesh Weaver

Callobius (probably) severus

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

43.1813, -124.182

Field Notes

Description:

spider with red legs, black pedipalps, and cross marking on abdomen. Body about an inch long

Habitat:

found in my sink, holding on to the stainless steel scrubber. I see this hiding under the edges of siding, in crevices of window etc

Notes:

I released outside. This was one wet angry spider

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (18)
KarenSaxton
Oh there are. Many of them within an easy drive of my home. One of my favorites is http://web.oregon.com/trips/northumpqua.cfm another is this hiking area http://www.eugenecarsey.com/camp/siskiyou/chinaflat.htm and then of course to the N California coast redwoods. That's all without heading north!
HemaShah
Travel Oregon advertises some really beautiful places in Oregon!!
KarenSaxton
Mom prefers relatively tame tours: with normal locations - but honestly, we have gotten great spottings and adventures that way!
HemaShah
wow, you almost have an ID. Lucky you ,going to Kenya!! LEt me know if you visist, Elsa,th eLionesses grave at Meru Park or visist George Adamsons camp at Kora. If you meet Tony at Kora,ask him what happened to Christian The Lion!!
KarenSaxton
Belize was last year! We have been accompanying my mom on her travels each Christmas.... She said this year was Kenya again... she feels it might be the last year she can stand the long flight. And LOL following me. I will remember for next time. Off to post to spiders.us
BugEric
Karen, apparently I was already following *you*, so you have no excuses ;-) Keep up the nice spottings (and take me with you to Belize)!
BugEric
I grew up in Oregon, so I recognize this as a hacklemesh weaver in the family Amaurobiidae. Genus is either Callobius or Amaurobius. I never figured out how to tell the two apart. Please consider posting these images to the forums at Spiders.us. Mandy Howe, who lives in Washington state, *does* know how to tell them apart, and she manages the forums there.
KarenSaxton
I have always wondered how to find someone's page if I'm not following them. Thank you!
CindyBinghamKeiser
Hi Karen, you can search a members name in the Organisms search window. The search looks for many things, not just organism names. Here's Eric's page: http://www.projectnoah.org/users/BugEric
KarenL
Lovely! I don't have a Western spider guide - maybe you can post a link on one of BugEric's spottings.
KarenSaxton
I am sure we don't have them here: too wet and cool. And too small!
KarenSaxton
I did some research: M sociabilis is 1/4 the size of this spider and lives in the UK
KarenSaxton
That is really close. I need to spend some time looking it (and related species)up. Thank you
KarenSaxton
Seems darker than any I found for my area.... I've actually wanted to get a picture of these for a long time. One of the very few spiders that truly does creep me out
Photographed
PublishedMay 13, 2013

Community Sponsor

Butterfly
Become a Community Sponsor and Help Grow our Global Movement!

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Butterflies icon
Become a Community Sponsor

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon

Nature & Conservation Organizations

Brands & Mission-Focused Companies