#4349 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Giant House Spider

Eratigena duellica

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Leah Ramsay · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © pdawson9229 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Capital, BC, Canada:© Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Lighthouse Lane, Pender Island, Canada:© Karolle Wall · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Table Mesa, Boulder, CO 80305, USA:© Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0
10. W 13th Ave, Vancouver, BC, CA:© littletinamou · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eratigena duellica , the giant house spider, is a species of funnel weaver in the spider family Agelenidae. It is found in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The related species Eratigena atrica is also called the Giant house spider.

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,078iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).