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Funnel Weaver Spiders

order Araneae - infraorder Araneomorphae (true spiders) - Family Agelenopsis

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Funnel Web Grass Spider Agelenopsis naevia

Spider about 3/4" long body. (no good photos of web)  Web built a flat web across a small gully, about 18"x24".  A fire ant was in the web and the spider was irritated.

Photos taken in Taylor County, October 2006

 

Webs below probably do not belong to Agelenopsis naevia.

 

  

Flat web about 24" wide with funnel about 1" wide.

Photos taken in Taylor County, July 2004

 

 

  

This was a large web, about 18" tall, 12" wide, and quite deep.  I could have put my fist in the opening.

Photos taken in Taylor County, June 2005

 

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