Tegenaria domestica
Tegenaria domestica, commonly called the barn funnel weaver, is a widespread funnel-weaver spider. It builds a sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat.
Funnel-web spider: A spider that constructs a web with a funnel-shaped retreat used for shelter and prey capture. Tegenaria domestica belongs to this web-building group.
Agelenidae: A family of spiders that commonly build sheet webs with funnel-shaped retreats. Tegenaria domestica is classified within this family.
House spider: A spider that commonly lives in or around human buildings. Tegenaria domestica often occupies barns, cellars, and other sheltered structures.
Eratigena atrica: A large funnel-weaver spider species native to Europe and established in parts of North America. It is a larger, often confused house-dwelling relative.
Spider silk: A protein fiber produced by spiders for webs, egg sacs, draglines, and other structures. Silk forms the sheet and retreat of its web.
Tegenaria: A genus of funnel-weaver spiders in the family Agelenidae. The species is classified in this genus.
Synanthropy: An ecological association in which a wild species lives near human settlements. Its use of buildings illustrates adaptation to human-made habitats.
Grass spider: A common name for funnel-weaver spiders in the genus Agelenopsis, often found in lawns and low vegetation. Its outdoor sheet-and-funnel webs resemble those of this species.
Spider web: A structure made of spider silk, used for prey capture, shelter, reproduction, or movement. Its funnel web is one specialized form of spider web.
Arachnid: An arthropod with four pairs of legs and no antennae, including spiders, scorpions, and mites. This spider belongs to the arachnid class.