Spider ID

Stockholm, Sweden

This little guy (or girl) is sitting on my wall right now. I saw it last week too, running across the kitchen floor. At first I thought it was a common house spider (Tegenaria domestica), but I took a closer look and now I'm not so sure. The body is a lot darker than what I'm used to. I don't know though, I have very limited knowledge about spiders in general so maybe someone out there can help me out identifying it. It's not very big, maybe 1 cm including the legs.

By the way, I have A LOT of fruit flies in my apartment right now, is this little one going to help me out with that problem? Sure hope so, hehe.

This message was edited Aug 11, 2014 4:38 PM

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Minot, ND

Looks like a hacklemesh weaver (family Amaurobiidae)...

Stockholm, Sweden

Yeah, little bit!

I did some research and it kind of looks like a wolf spider too (http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a420/singoriensis/RIMG0977.jpg). Still not sure, I can't see the brighter line on the back of "my" spider. Aren't wolf spiders supposed to be outside though?

Minot, ND

I still think this more likely is a hacklemesh weaver rather than a wolf spider. Compare http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id24165/ (a hacklemesh weaver) with http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/Spiders/Lycosidae/Trochosa_terricola_D7369.jpg (a wolf spider). And wolf spiders commonly wander indoors.
A photo that clearly shows the eye pattern would resolve the issue...

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