Bennett's Laceweaver

Callobius bennetti · Order: Araneae · Family: Amaurobiidae

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Bennett's Laceweaver — Photo: Benjamin Burgunder, CC BY

The spider has a reddish-brown front body and legs, with a grey abdomen marked on top. It occurs in North America. It can be mistaken for a hobo spider.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Its cephalothorax and legs are reddish-brown, while the abdomen is grey with light dorsal markings.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

The species is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 24 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Maine, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Ohio, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Vermont.

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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Bennett's Laceweaver photo 2 — Photo: Christian Back, CC BY

Bennett's Laceweaver photo 3 — Photo: Stan Rullman, CC BY

Bennett's Laceweaver photo 4 — Photo: Stan Rullman, CC BY

Bennett's Laceweaver photo 5 — Photo: Zakqary Roy, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where is this spider found?

It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

What other spider might it be confused with?

It can be mistaken for a hobo spider.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Amaurobiidae)

Black LaceweaverAmaurobius feroxCan bite

Sources

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callobius_bennetti

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.