Photo Details ŠNicky
Davis
1.,2.,3.
January 9,
2006, Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah
4., 5., 6. Female laid egg in this
container. February 2016, Draper, Salt
Lake County, Utah
Family
tree
Family:
Agelenidae Genus: Agelenopsis Species:
Aperta (?) There are 85
species of Agelenidae in N. America
Other
About 1 1/2 inch long
including legs. Based on the long
posterior spinnerets and the eye pattern, it's a
funnelweb
spider--family Agelenidae. (Yours may be one of
the species that only
occurs in the western U.S., including Utah--A.
aperta. Based on the
body and leg proportions, your individual is a
female.
(J.R.)
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/blackrock2/families/agelenidae.htm
More
interesting
facts at:
Funnel web spiders (Agelenidae) are
recognizable by
their long posterior spinnerets:
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/blackrock2/pictures/spider_images/galleries/agelenidae/agelenopsis_dorsal&ventral.htm
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/blackrock2/families/agelenidae.htm
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