Amaurobius ferox
(Black Lace-Weaver)

Picture ID 12506

Comments & ID Thoughts

I was told this is a wood spider but I’m not so sure. They are about an inch to inch and a half in size. Hide in cracks in the basement. Don’t have much of a web. Dark brown with a lighter pattern on their abdomen

Submitted by:
littlez
Submitted: May 9, 2018
Photographed: May 1, 2018
Spider: Amaurobius ferox (Black Lace-Weaver)
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Dryden , Michigan, United States
Spotted Indoors: Basement or Cellar
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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BugmanDan

May 9, 2018 11:32 pm

Hi. Sorry I have problems with detail on my machine, but this looks a bit like a hacklemesh weaver, Amorbiidae family. Might even be a funnel weaver house spider.
I see male though, hard to tell when they hunker down with their legs over them.
Worth having around for pest control, not a spider of any threat.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/7018