Black Laceweaver
Amaurobius ferox (Walckenaer, 1830)
Status not recordedspiders
The black laceweaver (Amaurobius ferox) is a species in the family Amaurobiidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.6 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: France, Germany and Mexico.
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Quick facts about the black laceweaver
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 8 mm – 1.6 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- human_modified, rockysrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 3 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the black laceweaver?
Where does the black laceweaver live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The black laceweaver is listed for 3 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black laceweaver as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the black laceweaver endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the black laceweaver classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyAmaurobiidae
- genusAmaurobius
- SpeciesAmaurobius ferox (Walckenaer, 1830)
Synonyms Amaurobius corsicus, Amaurobius cryptarum, Amaurobius mordax, Amaurobius peninsulanus, Ciniflo ferox, Clubiona ferox
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- Black lace-weaverEnglish
- cedivka domovníCzech
- SortkartespinderDanish
- KellerspinneGerman
- KellerfinsterspinneGerman
- isopimikkiFinnish
- Amaurobe féroceFrench
- nagy eretnekpókHungarian
- Grote kaardespinDutch
- Sidlisz piwnicznyPolish
- cedivka zúriváSlovak
- källarmörkerspindelSwedish
Relatives of the black laceweaver
Other species in the same genus Amaurobius.
Window lace-weaver
Amaurobius fenestralis
Lace-weaver spider
Amaurobius similis
Erber's lace-weaver
Amaurobius erberi
Hackledmesh weaver
Amaurobius borealis
CompareBlack Laceweaver vs Window lace-weaverBlack Laceweaver vs Lace-weaver spiderBlack Laceweaver vs Erber's lace-weaverBlack Laceweaver vs Hackledmesh weaver
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black laceweaver?
An adult black laceweaver measures 8 mm – 1.6 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the black laceweaver live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the black laceweaver for 3 countries: France, Germany and Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the black laceweaver an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black laceweaver as introduced in 1 country: Canada, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the black laceweaver?
The black laceweaver (Amaurobius ferox) belongs to the family Amaurobiidae in the order Araneae.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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