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grass spider mating-1 - Agelenopsis potteri - male
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grass spider mating-1 - Agelenopsis potteri - Male
Brossard, Quebec, Canada
July 1, 2006
A male funnel web spider looking for a partner. Note the curled ducts of the palps.

I assume these are grass spiders, Agelenopsis but it seems that identifying grass spiders is not easy, however according to the web site ‘Araignées du Québec’ (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araign%C3%A9es_du_Qu%C3%A9bec) there are four species of Agelenopsis known or suspected (asterisk) to occur in Quebec:-A. actuosa (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) *, A. emertoni (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) * ,A. potteri (Blackwall, 1846), A. utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933). I would be happy to leave it as an Agelenopsis but is it possible to distinguish these possibilities from photos?

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grass spider mating-1 - Agelenopsis potteri - male grass spider mating-1 - Agelenopsis potteri - male - female
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Contributed by andrewbateman on 7 January, 2009 - 5:27pm
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 12:54pm

Moved
Moved from Grass Spiders.
… Abigail M. Parker, 19 September, 2009 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

A. potteri
Hi, Andrew-

Illona pointed me to this specimen. Of the four you mention, the only possibility with that hooked embolus on the pedipalp is Agelenopsis potteri.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 16 September, 2009 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
After submitting these images so long ago I had more or less given up on getting a result! Thanks, worth waiting for. I greatly appreciate your help.
… andrewbateman, 16 September, 2009 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

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