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Cardinal Spider

Tegenaria parietina

Classification

Order
Araneae

Tegenaria parietina is a species of spider native to Europe. Its modern day distribution includes area from Northern Africa to Central Asia and Sri Lanka, and from the West Indies to Uruguay and Argentina, where it may have been introduced. In the UK - where it is the largest native species of spider - it is sometimes known as the cardinal spider, because of the legend that Cardinal Wolsey was terrified by this species at Hampton Court, or, conversely, because he regarded them as lucky and forbade anyone to harm them.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 225Italy · 81Netherlands · 59Belgium · 46United Kingdom · 12Spain · 11Germany · 5Switzerland · 2Luxembourg · 1