Eratigena duellica
(Giant House Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Eratigena duellica, commonly known as Giant House Spider, belongs to the genus Eratigena, in the family Agelenidae. Eratigena duellica spiders have been sighted 50 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Eratigena duellica includes 3 countries and 2 states in the United States. Eratigena duellica is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Eratigena
Species: Eratigena duellica

Common Name (AAS)

Giant House Spider

Other Common Names

Giant House Spider, Greater European House Spider

Author

(Simon, 1875)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 50 confirmed sightings of Eratigena duellica (Giant House Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 23, 2020 by Spider ID member mmckay. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 50 sightings because of certain Eratigena duellica sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 14% of the time, Eratigena duellica spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 50)
Sex: 1 female and 3 male.
Environment: Eratigena duellica has been sighted 21 times outdoors, and 35 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (10). Ground layer (6). Under rock or debris (4). Forest (1).