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    (c) David J Bruns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Suzanne Labbé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Donna J. Parry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) shespider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Tom Murray, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Grass Spiders

Agelenopsis

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77,274 observations
Group
Arachnids
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Agelenopsis, commonly known as the American grass spiders, is a genus of funnel weavers first described by C.G. Giebel in 1869. 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. The larger specimens (depending on species) can grow to about 19 mm in body length. They may be recognized by the arrangement of their eight eyes into...

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