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Agelenopsis sp.
Large almost 1foot wide web just above ground (a few inches), the funnel web entrance with owner inside. This is our dominant large ground predatory spider. We are next to a stream and in an oak hemlock wooded area. They are especially active in the evening when you can come across them running along the ground, foraging i presume. We have no ticks or other "nuisance species". Human disruption of ecosystems, oversimplifying them creates the over-dominance of nuisance species. Re-wilding returns the complex balance of nature which makes for a beautiful landscape THAT IS ALIVE (inlike urban zombie-lawnscapes).
This is not Rabidosa, nor is it a wolf spider, as the only Lycosid genus that spins funnel webs is Sosippus.
This is a true funnel weaver in the Agelenidae family. The genus is most likely Agelenopsis. See the ID suggestion for more info, and please update the spotting info.
Spotted on Sep 8, 2015
Submitted on Sep 22, 2015
