Unidentified

Picture ID 100059

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

Dark brown almost black in colour. Sorry for the blur it wouldn't stay still. It was about a little over an inch in length, no more than two.
My best guess is a black house spider but google isn't really helping. Can anyone help?

  • Submitted by: 
    Ceci0400
  • Submitted: Mar 3, 2020
  • Photographed: Mar 3, 2020
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Spotted Indoors: Sink or bathtub
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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Gardenmama

I had the same spider and you were correct in that it is a species of house spider. I was told by a friend who is a science teacher that this is a common giant house spider and they have been known to get quirte large.

LittleSlingLover

The spider in this picture is not a Giant House Spider. Typically Giant House Spiders refer to three members in Eratigena genus of the family Agelenidae (Funnel-Weaver). This spider seems to be in the Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spiders). Most likely Scotophaeus blackwalli (Mouse Spider). https://spiderid.com/spider/gnaphosidae/scotophaeus/blackwalli/