Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757)
barn funnel weaver
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FAMILY: AGELENIDAE C. L. Koch, 1837 Genus: Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 Species: Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
funnel weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
barn funnel weaver
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Global Distribution: Cosmopolitan
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AB BC ON SK AK CA CO ID MT PA WA WI WY
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Feeding Guild:† sheet web builders
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Town garden; In house in bathtub; Town house; In Mendal Art Gallery; In house basement; In cellar; In house - already dead; Indoors; In basement of house; In crate from Texas; In building; In bicycle packing crate from Indonesia; Coastal Mixed open Forest (Town); cellar stairwell wall; Wood pile by house; In house; Ex house; 18.ix.1997; Under boards near buildings in chaparral; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Lethbridge home; In graveyard; funnel web in closet;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
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‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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