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2. Agelenopsis pennsylvanica - Wikipedia

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   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]

3. Cyclosa - Wikipedia

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   Cyclosa argenteoalba builds two types of web, a traditional sticky spider web, and a resting web that consists of just a few strands. When infected with a larva of the wasp Reclinervellus nielseni, the spider switches on the behavior to build a resting web. [5] The larva then eats the spider and uses the web to complete metamorphosis. [6]

4. Pisaurina mira - Wikipedia

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   Pisaurina mira, also known as the American nursery web spider, due to the web it raises young in, is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. They are often mistaken for wolf spiders ( Lycosidae ) due to their physical resemblance.

5. Evolution of spiders - Wikipedia

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   A spider web preserved in amber, thought to be 110 million years old, shows evidence of a perfect "orb" web, the most famous, circular kind one thinks of when imagining spider webs. An examination of the drift of those genes thought to be used to produce the web-spinning behavior suggests that orb spinning was in an advanced state as many as ...

6. Darwin's bark spider - Wikipedia

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   The web of Darwin's bark spider is remarkable in that it is not only the longest spanning web ever observed, but is the largest orb web ever seen, at an area of up to 2.8 square metres (30 sq ft). [2] Nephila komaci, discovered in 2009, and some other Nephila species also make webs that can exceed 1 m (3 ft 3 in) across. [4]

7. Badumna longinqua - Wikipedia

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   This species is a web-building spider meaning that it constructs its web in a calm and undisturbed place. [9] Thus making them wait for food to come to them and capture their food. An assortment of insects are preyed upon by Badumna longinqua , including; small psyllids , ants , and moths , [ 2 ] [ 8 ] as well as some insects of considerably ...