Description The Female House-Spider (Tegenaria domestica): Enlarged View of Anterior Portion of Cephalothorax, bearing the Eight Eyes, and Hairs.—a, one of the Hairs magnified.
Date 1872
Source Popular Science Monthly Volume 1
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V01_D691_Female_house_spider_2.jpg
The spider species Tegenaria domestica, commonly known as the barn funnel weaver in North America and the domestic house spider in Europe, is a member of the funnel-web family Agelenidae and a close relative of the hobo spider. Domestic house spiders range worldwide from as north as Sweden to as south as Greece in Europe. It is recorded in the checklist of Danish spider species. It is found from as far north as Maritime Canada to as far south as Louisiana in North America. Some also inhabit parts of Western Asia.
