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Striped Spiders - Agelenopsis
Copyright © 2005 April

Striped Spiders - Agelenopsis
Medina County, Ohio, USA
i have two pictures of spiders that i orginally thought were the same type of spider, which i would love to get IDed, but after looking at both of these, i noticed that the shape of the butt is different. if in fact i have two different spiders here, are they somehow related? because to me they look a lot alike...
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Contributed by April on 23 November, 2005 - 8:46pm
Last updated 24 November, 2005 - 9:44am

The shape of their butt
is not a factor in species ID in this example. It is an indication that one is more well fed than the other or the thinner one recently laid eggs.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 24 November, 2005 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Funnel web spider, Agelenopsis
They are probably one of the more common species, such as naevia or pennsylvanica, my guess is the latter.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 24 November, 2005 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

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