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Funnel weaver - Agelenidae
Identifying natural enemies > spiders > funnel weaver
Adults: Typically brown or gray with light and dark stripes on the prosoma. Long spinnerets and very bristly legs. Length 12-20 mm.

Diet/web: Flat web that narrows like a funnel on one end. Spider spends most of its time in the funnel with its legs outstretched to receive vibrations from the web. Insects that hit the web are bitten and carried back into the funnel.

Funnel weaver Funnel weaver web
Funnel weaver Funnel weaver adult and juveniles in their funnel-shaped web
 
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This information was developed for the publication Identifying Natural Enemies in Field Crops by Mary Gardiner, Christina DiFonzo, Michael Brewer and Takuji Noma, MSU Extension bulletin E2949.
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12/21/06