My female GHS enjoying a mealworm

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[–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

Thanks! And that's a fair question as she was wild caught indoors, and we do have both E. duellica and E. atrica in our area. I have not identified her down to the species level, other than fellow enthusiasts weighing in based on general morphology. For accuracy's sake I should probably have posted her simply as Eratigena sp.

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    For accuracy’s sake I should probably have posted her simply as Eratigena sp.

    Their taxonomy is an absolute mess. All of Eratigena used to be Tegenaria (they are actual anagrams, lazy arachnologists!). But a bunch of species got moved around, split and merged again.

    I usually refer to them as "Eratigena in the atrica group". Inside that group you usually need microscopic examination of the genitalia to tell them apart with confidence.

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