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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]
During the production of the 2005 British documentary Walking with Monsters, Megarachne was slated to appear as a giant tarantula-like spider hunting the cat-sized reptile Petrolacosaurus in the segment detailing the Carboniferous, with the reconstruction closely following what was thought to be known of the genus at the time the series began ...
Giant house spiders may compete with hobo spiders for the same resources. Hobo spiders grow no more than a body size of 15 millimeters (0.59 in) long whereas the larger female giant house spider can have a body size of 18 millimeters (0.71 in), [15] but has proportionately much longer legs. [16]
With so many kinds of eight-legged bugs running around (nearly 3,000 species in North America alone!), the most common house spiders are bound to pop up in your abode from time to time. And with ...
Eratigena is a genus of spider in the family Agelenidae.Most of its species were moved from the genus Tegenaria in 2013, of which the genus name is an anagram. [2] Two species that frequently build webs in and around human dwellings are now placed in this genus: the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis), native to Europe and Central Asia and introduced to North America, and the giant house spider ...
Fen Raft spiders were near extinction 14 years ago - but now they’re making a comeback
Few things freak people out like spiders. And when they’re giant venomous flying ones, all bets are off. Joro spiders, which have four-inch legs and balloon through the sky, ...
Deinopis, also known as net-casting spiders, gladiator spiders and ogre-faced spiders, [2] is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839. [3] Its distribution is widely tropical and subtropical.