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Grass Spider, female

Agelenopsis pennsylvanica

Description:

Fairly large brown spider with two darker brown stripes on the cephalothorax. This female is very pregnant.

Habitat:

Grass

Notes:

I watched this female out in my yard for weeks. She had a tangle of web with a funnel-shaped web retreat next to one of my flower pots sitting in the grass. When the weather got colder I moved the pot to the porch, and I think she was on it. I spotted her at night, on my porch wall. Twelve days later she laid eggs on a feed bag that I had filled with pine needles.

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3 Comments

eftco88
eftco88 11 years ago

Wow!

DianePlatcoBrooks
DianePlatcoBrooks 11 years ago

Thanks mauna.

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

Cool story!

DianePlatcoBrooks
Spotted by
DianePlatcoBrooks

Corning, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Sep 6, 2012
Submitted on Dec 25, 2012

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