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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Funnel Weavers (Agelenidae) » Ageleninae » Grass Spiders (Agelenopsis)
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Spider Wearing Glasses? - Agelenopsis
Copyright © 2017 Brent N

Spider Wearing Glasses? - Agelenopsis
Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
July 17, 2010
I'm primarily curious if someone can explain the two loops that the spider appears to be "holding" in his pedipalps. Are these part of his anatomy or are these his spectacles for navigating the bed he was found in?
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Contributed by Brent N on 5 April, 2017 - 8:20pm
Last updated 7 April, 2017 - 10:25am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 7 April, 2017 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

genus Agelenopsis
numerous species. If those are indeed glasses, do we call it 16 eyes?
… wolfpacksved, 6 April, 2017 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Male spider
It's a male spider, and the spectacles are its mating apparatus, part of
its palps. One of these is inserted into the underside of the abdomen of
a femal spider to insert semen.
… stan gilliam, 6 April, 2017 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

 
Fascinating. Thank you.
Fascinating. Thank you.
… Brent N, 6 April, 2017 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

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