The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·1487329complexArachnida9,947 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Arthropods
  3. ›Chelicerates
  4. ›Arachnids
  5. ›Spiders
  6. ›Typical Spiders
  7. ›Entelegyne Spiders
  8. ›RTA Clade Spiders
  9. ›Meshweavers and Allies
  10. ›Hackledmesh Weavers
  11. ›Amaurobiinae
  12. ›Amaurobius
Amaurobius ferox Group
Plate 1 of 5. (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Even Dankowicz · via iNaturalist

Amaurobius ferox Group

Amaurobius ferox

Amaurobius ferox, sometimes known as the black lace-weaver, is a common nocturnal spider belonging to the family Amaurobiidae and genus Amaurobius. Its genus includes three subsocial species, A. fenestralis, A. similis and A. ferox, all three of which have highly developed subsocial organizations.

Continue reading on Wikipedia

6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Black Laceweaver

speciesAmaurobius ferox

Amaurobius jugorum

speciesAmaurobius jugorum

Amaurobius pesarinii

speciesAmaurobius pesarinii

Amaurobius crassipalpis

speciesAmaurobius crassipalpis

Amaurobius pavesii

speciesAmaurobius pavesii

Amaurobius scopolii

speciesAmaurobius scopolii

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Amaurobius ferox in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1487329.