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Giant house spider

Eratigena atrica

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Garden

Reference Links:

Giant house spider - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Jopy
Thank you, Spenser...I think you have right...
Spenser
Looks similar to the large house spiders that we have here (Eratigena atrica), though these are only endemic to our area. This one is the same family and likely the same genus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/371258

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