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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]
Agelenopsis, commonly known as the American grass spiders, is a genus of funnel weavers described by C.G. Giebel in 1869. [1] They weave sheet webs that have a funnel shelter on one edge. The web is not sticky, but these spiders make up for that by running very rapidly. The larger specimens (depending on species) can grow to about 19 mm in body ...
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Grass spiders. What they look like: It’s a “very ordinary-looking” brown spider, Potzler says. It can be confused with the brown recluse, but grass spiders have long spinnerets (finger-like ...
Brown recluse spiders, which also offer a medically significant bite to humans, are not native to Pennsylvania but can be found in a wide range of the U.S., primarily in southern and Midwestern ...
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]
Other critters have taken to Texas beaches that clearly don't belong. Marine experts suspect the phenomenon to be partly due to the area's recent freeze, as well as spawning patterns.
Grass spider may refer to: genus Agelena, the Eurasian grass spiders; American Grass Spider (Genus Agelenopsis) genus Agelenopsis, the American grass spiders; See also