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The genus name is a combination of Agelena (Eurasian grass spiders), a genus of similar spiders, and Greek -opsis "to look like". They are harmless spiders. Although most spiders use their webs to catch prey, the grass spider's web lacks adhesive ability. The spiders make up for that with their fast running. Grass spiders coupling in funnel web
Agelenopsis aperta, also known as the desert grass spider [1] or funnel-web spider, [2] is a species of spider belonging to the family Agelenidae and the genus Agelenopsis.It is found in dry and arid regions across the southern United States and into northwestern Mexico.
The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae.Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus Agelenopsis.Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis) may be medically significant, and some evidence suggests it might cause necrotic lesions, [1] but the matter remains subject to debate. [2]
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica, commonly known as the Pennsylvania funnel-web spider or the Pennsylvania grass spider, is a species of spider in the family Agelenidae. The common name comes from the place that it was described, Pennsylvania, and the funnel shape of its web. [1] [2] Its closest relative is Agelenopsis potteri. [1]
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Agelena is a genus of agelenid spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. [2] Sometimes referred to as Eurasian grass spiders, they trap their prey by weaving entangling non-sticky funnel webs.
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Agelenopsis actuosa (actuosa = "active, agile") is a species of grass spider found in southwest Canada and the northwest United States. [1]The species are rather similar to those of the genus Agelena, instead of Agelenopsis, mainly because of their paler coloring and the meeting of the two lines on the cephalothorax (near the abdomen) [citation needed], which are usually parallel in other species.