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Barn Funnel Weaver

🇳🇱 Grijze Huisspin ·Tegenaria domestica

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Barn Funnel Weaver, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The spider species Tegenaria domestica , commonly known as the barn funnel weaver in North America and the domestic house spider in Europe, is a member of the funnel-web family Agelenidae and a close relative of the hobo spider.

base stats

  • NL sightings 9iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 14,383iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 14,383 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757 (269 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Barn Funnel Weaver
Nederlands
Grijze Huisspin
scientific name
Tegenaria domestica
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Agelenidae
sightings in NL
9
sightings in Europe
1,541
sightings worldwide
14,383
GBIF records in NL
124
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1757 by Carl Alexander Clerck

relatives· Agelenidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 153507, Wikidata Q1137615, GBIF 2139961, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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