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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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Funnel weaver - Agelenopsis
Copyright © 2007 Jay Barnes

Funnel weaver - Agelenopsis
Licking County, Ohio, USA
July 4, 2005
It took awhile, maybe 15-20 minutes, but he eventually disabled the ant and and brought it back to the nest. Not sure about gender or age. Might have been a bit early in the year for an adult.

Looks like we have another one in the same spot this year, keeping my cat company as I type this. Since there aren't many properly ID'd specimens in the guide, would it be helpful to collect the adult and shoot it's naughty parts? I don't have documentation on this group except for Kaston.

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Contributed by Jay Barnes on 4 September, 2007 - 2:01am
Last updated 4 September, 2007 - 10:51pm

Moved
Moved from Funnel-Web Spiders.

Yikes, I'll take that as a "YES". Nearly six pages of unidentified spiders there.
… Jay Barnes, 4 September, 2007 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Does
Someone have the key to the naughty parts of the female Agenelopsis?
… Herschel Raney, 5 September, 2007 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Jay
see here, and note data page also. It makes it easy to ID Agelenopsis in the east and midwest, with the possible exception of Barronopsis, which this is not.

Herschel, see Spiders of NA for diagrams, description.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 5 September, 2007 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Jeff.

Herschel, Kaston(1) also gives palp and epigynum descriptions and drawings for six species. No keys though, which is unusual. Looking at the drawings, seems the males would be fairly easy, and the females somewhat tougher.
… Jay Barnes, 5 September, 2007 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Based
on location, this is Agelenopsis.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 4 September, 2007 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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