Gnaphosidae
(Stealthy Ground Spiders)

Picture ID 54926

Submitted by:
bri_t
Submitted: Mar 21, 2019
Photographed: Mar 14, 2019
Spider: Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spiders)
Location: Wakefield, United Kingdom
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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Bri_t

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March 21, 2019 2:23 pm

Found this climbing up our lounge wall.
I found the ‘things’ on the bottom of it’s abdomen strange, as they were moving, as if tiny little legs!!

TangledWeb

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Reply to Bri_t

March 21, 2019 6:47 pm

Spinnerets are interesting, I recommend reading more about them. Spiders have a lot of control over the quality and quantity, strength, stickiness, and other aspects of their silk production.

ItsyBitsy

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March 21, 2019 3:03 pm

Hi, those little things at the end of the abdomen are spinnerets, the part of the spider that produces silk. The shape of them on your spider is consistant with species in the family Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders).