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This is actually a male Tegenaria gigantea (aka Tegenaria duellica), not a Tegenaria domestica. If you could please remove it from the Tegenaria domestica article, that would be great. I can do it later if you don't end up doing so. An image of what a male really looks like is currently in the article as the main image (top right). There is a huge size difference between the two (leg span of T. gigantea can be 2-4 inches, whereas a male T. domestica would fit on a quarter (U.S. 25 cent piece). Also, though it takes an experienced eye to tell, their patterning and shape/size of pedipalps are vastly different between the two. Another main/important difference is that T. domestica has banded legs and T. gigantea does not. Thanks! --Lady Arachnophile (talk) 09:14, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Ho hum. I checked in a Usenet forum, and was told that it was a T. Domestica, but you sound knowledgeable about this, so I'll take your word for it. --Farry (talk) 13:19, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, thanks! The state of spider knowledge online is really poor because there are very few people that truly know the subject (not to mention, the various species of Tegenaria are relatively similar in some aspects). I don't know how many people I've met or talked to that have been misled in the past, and I don't blame you for putting it on the page after getting that identification. It's a really nice image, maybe it can be added to the Giant house spider page? I'm not sure what your location is but, if you're in North America, two websites with a really good reputation (and spider experts available) are BugGuide.net and Spiders.us. They can identify images if you ever have any others in the future. Though I do work for both of them, I'm not trying to put a plug in for them... they are honestly the most reputable North American spider/arthropod websites to use online.--Lady Arachnophile (talk) 02:29, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]