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Agelenopsis sp.


Taxonomy

Order:

Araneae (spiders)

 

Suborder:

Araneomorphae

 

No Rank:

Entelegynae (eight-eyed spiders)

 

No Rank:

RTA clade

 

Family:

Agelenidae (funnel-web spiders)


Status

Common

Season

 

Habitat

Open woods, gardens.

Size

Female: to

Male: a little less than to


Identification

The top of the front segment (carapice) has 3 pale and 2 dark horizontal stripes. Like other funnel-web spiders, the spinarets extend well beyond the end of the rear segment (abdomen), and are visible from above.

The web is a horizontal, non-sticky sheet with a funnel near one edge.

 
Similar
Species

 


Food

Insects

 
Life Cycle

 

 
Behavior

 


Range Range Map   Sources: 7.
 
Sightings

Chippewa Prairie

Mound Spring Prairie SNA


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Common
Names

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