GRASS SPIDER

The 'grass spiders' are members of the genus ''Agelenopsis''. They weave sheet webs that have a funnel shelter on one edge. The web is not sticky, but these spiders make up for that shortcoming by running very rapidly. They may be recognized by the arrangement of their eight eyes into three rows. The top row has two eyes, the middle row has four eyes, and the bottom row has two eyes (spaced wider than the ones on the top row). They also have two prominent hind spinnerets, and somewhat indistinct bands on their legs.

Contents

Name

Species

Other pictures

References

External links

Name

The genus name is a combination of ''Agelena'' a genus of similar spiders, and Greek ''-opsis'' "to look like".

Species

★ ''Agelenopsis actuosa'' (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) (USA, Canada)

★ ''Agelenopsis aleenae'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis aperta'' (Gertsch, 1934) (USA, Mexico)

★ ''Agelenopsis emertoni'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis kastoni'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis longistyla'' (Banks, 1901) (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis naevia'' (Walckenaer, 1842) (USA, Canada)

★ ''Agelenopsis oklahoma'' (Gertsch, 1936) (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis oregonensis'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis pennsylvanica'' (C. L. Koch, 1843) (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis potteri'' (Blackwall, 1846) (North America, introduced in Russia)

★ ''Agelenopsis spatula'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)

★ ''Agelenopsis utahana'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) (USA, Canada, Alaska)

Other pictures

References

★ Platnick, N. I. (2007). The world spider catalog, version 7.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.

External links

★ Agelenidae species

★ Pictures of ''Agelenopsis sp.'' (free for noncommercial use)