Funnel Weaver Spider - Agelenopsis sp.

Funnel Weaver Spider - Agelenopsis sp.
Class Arachnida / Order Araneae
Family: Agelenidae - grass spiders, funnel weavers

This specimen is camped out in front of the funnel shaped hiding place in its namesake web. The web takes the form of a nearly invisible large sheet of silk over which the spider can travel quite rapidly, capturing poor unfortunates who happen by. Prey is then wrapped in silk and dragged back to the funnel where it is consumed.

Funnel weaver spider on sheet web

This huge spider's sheet web covered several square feet of riverbank. Live adult spider photographed at water's edge,
Rock River at Oregon, IL August 5, 2005. Size: 30mm

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