Species Details
- Species name
- Tegenaria domestica
- Common name
- Common House Spider
- Synonyms
- Tegenaria civilis, Tegenaria derhami Scopoli, Tegenaria derhamii Walckenaer
- Taxonomy
- Animalia :: Araneae :: Agelenidae
Distribution
Tegenaria domestica is widely distributed in much of Britain, but more scattered in the west and north. It is widely distributed in Europe (https://araneae.nmbe.ch/data/246) and has colonised many other parts of the world as a result of transportation by humans.Habitat and ecology
Found most commonly within buildings and adjacent gardens. Bristowe (1958) reported finding the species in the entrance to dry caves and in hollow trees. Adults of both sexes have been recorded throughout the year, but mostly from spring to mid-summer and autumn.Status
Common, but in some places, such as Cambridgeshire and Essex, it seems much less common than E. duellica (I. Dawson & P.R. Harvey, pers. comms.). It may be suffering as a result of competition from the larger Eratigena species, and also from expanding populations of Pholcus phalangioides and Steatoda nobilis, both of which eat other spiders. Author of profile: Geoff Oxford.References
Bristowe, W. S. 1958. World of spiders. London: Collins New Naturalist.Stats
- First recorded
- 1820
- Last recorded
- 2025
- Total records
- 1,363
- Total visits
- 1,344
Conservation status
Tegenaria domestica
| Source | Reporting category | Designation | Date designated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017) | Red listing based on 2001 IUCN guidelines | Least concern | 42979 |
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Temporal distribution - records by week
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